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loosen someone or something up

to make someone's muscles and joints move more freely by exercising them. The exercise loosened me up quite nicely. It loosened up my legs. I have to do some exercises to loosen myself up.

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loosen someone up

Fig. to make someone or a group more relaxed and friendly. I loosened up the audience with a joke. Loosen yourself up. Relax and try to enjoy people.

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loosen up

to become loose or relaxed. Loosen up. Relax. We tried to get Mary to loosen up, but she did not respond.

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loosen up (somebody) also loosen somebody up

to behave in a relaxed, informal way Slowly she began to loosen up and, by the second semester, she was making friends with her classmates. The question was supposed to loosen people up and chase away their anxieties.

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Gruevski said over the weekend that at the next meeting with Governor Gosev he would explain to him the reasons why the monetary authorities should loosen up their reins. NBM has no intention of changin monetary policy by INFOMAC Daily News Service “There is a competitive nature out there, sometimes too competitive,” said goaltender Mike Smith, who has played some form of soccer to loosen up before a game since he turned pro. Lightning Warm Up With Pregame Jousts by Erik Erlendsson / Tampa Tribune & WFLA Macedonia's foreign exchange market is stabilizing and therefore the monetary policy should loosen up. PM Gruevski: denar will not depreciate by INFOMAC Daily News Service			look toward look under the hood look up look up and down look up at look up to look upon as Look what the cat dragged in! Look what the cat's dragged in! Look who's here! Look who's talking! look-see looking over shoulder looking up loom loom large loom out of loom up loop loose loose cannon loose ends Loose lips sink ships loosen loosen tongue loosen up lop off lope along lord lord and master lord it over Lord knows I've tried Lord love a duck! Lord only knows lose lose a bundle lose appetite lose at lose by lose contact with lose cool lose count of lose edge lose face lose grip lose ground lose ground to lose head lose heart lose heart to lose hold on			loose-tongued loosebox loosed loosed loosed loosed loosed looseleaf looseleaf binder looseleaf paper loosely loosely loosely loosely loosely Loosely Coupled loosely coupled computer Loosely Coupled Network loosely knit Loosely Time-Triggered Architectures loosely-knit loosen loosen loosen loosen loosen the purse strings loosen the purse strings loosen tongue loosen tongue loosen tongue loosen up Loosen Up Lighten Up loosened loosened loosened loosened the purse strings loosened the purse strings loosened tongue loosened tongue loosened up loosened up Loosener looseners looseness looseness looseness looseness looseness Looseness of Association Looseness of Association Looseness of Association looseness of morals looseness of the bowels loosening loosening loosening loosening loosening of association loosening of associations loosening of associations Loosening Prosthesis

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