at loose ends

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*at loose ends

restless and unsettled; unemployed. (*Typically: be ~; leave someone ~.) Just before school starts, all the children are at loose ends. Jane has been at loose ends ever since she lost her job.

See also: end, loose

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I've left my business hung up at loose ends between two oceans, and it's time to connect again. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context Higginson's congratulatory eloquence, this appeared to be the one thing which Colonel Pyncheon, provident and sagacious as he was, had allowed to go at loose ends. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			at first light at first sight at full blast at full speed at full strength at full stretch at great length at half-mast at hand at hazard at heart at heels at home at home with at issue at it again at knee at large at last at least at least so many at leisure at length at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level			At Least in Heaven I Can Skate At Least Once At Least Once Asked Questions at least so many At leastways at leisure at leisure at leisure at leisure at length at length at length at length at length at liberty at liberty at liberty at liberty at limit at loggerheads at loggerheads at loggerheads at loggerheads at loggerheads over at long last at long last at long last at long last at long last At long running at loose ends at low ebb At mark At mark At mark at mercy at most at most at most at most at most at mother's knee at mother's knee at mother's knee at mother's knee AT motherboard at my command at my command At My Earliest Convenience At Night at night all cats are gray at night all cats are gray at night all cats are gray AT NO AT NO AT NO AT NO AT NO At No Expense to the Government at no period at no time

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