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cut loose 1. if a person or organization cuts loose, they separate themselves from another person or organization (usually + from ) She cut loose from her sponsors and decided to try to fund herself instead. 2. to behave in a way that is free and relaxed, especially when you are enjoying yourself After a few glasses of wine everyone just cut loose and started dancing. cut somebody/something loose to get rid of or release someone or something He made it in baseball to the major leagues, but the Sox cut him loose because he could not hit. Many workers will be cut loose in the upcoming staff reductions. cut loose to behave or express yourself in a free or forceful way As we crossed the lobby, Charlie cut loose with a yell that made everyone stop and stare at us. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Having cut loose as many horses as they could conveniently carry off, the Blackfeet scouts rejoined their comrades, and all remained patiently round the camp. Cut loose, then, in high spirits, and rose gently but steadily, with a light breeze at North, which bore us in the direction of the British Channel. As soon as the last good-bys were said, and the steamer had cut loose from the wharf, the load of care, anxiety, and responsibility which I had carried for eighteen years began to lift itself from my shoulders at the rate, it seemed to me, of a pound a minute. |
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