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1. To remain calm. I know you're eager to get inside, but you need to hang loose while I find my keys.
2. To relax or unwind. I'm excited to spend a night hanging loose and watching movies with my girlfriends.
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hang loose
and stay looseto relax and stay calm. Just hang loose, man. Everything'll be all right. Stay loose, chum. See ya later.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
hang loose
Relax, take it easy, as in Just hang loose and it will all work out. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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hang loose
mainly AMERICAN, INFORMAL1. If you tell someone to hang loose, you are telling them to relax or not to be too serious about something. Get something to eat and come back to the office. And hang loose.
2. If you hang loose, you spend time relaxing and enjoying yourself. I just want to hang loose with some old friends.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
hang (or stay) loose
be relaxed; refrain from taking anything too seriously. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
hang/stay ˈloose
(informal, especially American English) remain calm; not worry: It’s OK — hang loose and stay cool.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
hang loose
and stay loose in. to relax and stay cool. Just hang loose, man. Everything’ll be all right. Stay loose, bud.
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hang loose
Relax, take it easy. This expression dates from the mid-1900s and became very popular during the hippie era of the 1960s. R. S. Parker had it in Effective Decisions (1977), “It is a popular philosophy today to ‘hang loose, trust your feelings, do what you really want to do.’”
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