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单词 at the loose
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at (or in) the (very) loose
2. The conclusion or close of a matter; upshot, issue, event. at (or in) the (very) loose: at the last moment. Obsolete.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > at the last minute
at (or in) the (very) loose1589
just-in-time1614
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > conclusion or final result
conclusionc1384
uttermost1470
summa summarum1567
loose1589
conclude1643
period1713
outcome1788
pay-off1926
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 145 We vse to say marke the loose of a thing for marke the end of it.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 734 The extreame partes of time extreamly formes, All causes to the purpose of his speede: And often at his very loose decides That, which long processe could not arbitrate. View more context for this quotation
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xxxv. 376 In the verie loose and retreat, rather than in the combat and medley, they found that many more were hurt and slain of their part.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. ix. 437 The late battell..was more joious and fortunat in the loose and parting, than light and easie in the conflict and fighting.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 403 A smacke it [a fountain] hath resembling the rust of yron, howbeit this tast is not perceiued but at the end and loose only.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. iii How all godless plots, in their loose, have at once deceived, shamed, punished their author.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 21 You shall see them finde out pretty looses in the conclusion, but are no waies able to examine or debate matters.
1647 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 209 The unjust steward..resolveth..to shew his master a trick at the loose, that should make amends for all, and do his whole business.
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at (a or the) loose
a. A state or condition of looseness, laxity, or unrestraint; hence, free indulgence; unrestrained action or feeling; abandonment. Chiefly in at (a or the) loose: in a state of laxity or freedom; unrestrained, unbridled, lax. to take a loose: to give oneself up to indulgence. Obsolete except as in 3b.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > lack of restraint or excessive liberty
licencec1450
misgovernancec1460
liberty1529
licentiousness1553
loose1593
licentiateness1656
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase]
without restraint1443
at range1568
out of checka1575
at random1590
at (a or the) loose1593
on (or upon) the loose1935
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > escape from restraint > throw off restraint
to throw off1551
to break forth1608
to take a loose1703
to let rip1857
to kick over the traces1861
to cut loose1900
1593 ‘P. Foulface’ Bacchus Bountie C After these came young Cicero, who, for the large loose that he had in turning downe his liquor, was called Bicongius.
a1626 W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 86 Saint Paul stickes not to impute demencie to seduced Galathians... In his loose, imputes no lesse then..madnesse or losse of wits vnto them.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 240 Although they act them~selves at distance, and seem to be at loose; yet doe they hold a continuity with their Maker. View more context for this quotation
1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 43 I would have you as careful in penning the clause as may be, but not wholly to leave these things at a loose.
1700 M. Astell Some Refl. Marriage 14 The Man takes a loose, what shou'd hinder him?
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i Melts in his Arms, and with a loose she loves.
1703 C. Leslie in S. Parker tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. p. xvi From all this, that dreadful Loose has proceeded of Prophaneness,..which we now see before our Eyes.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 134 Such Looses and Escapes, as almost all Men, there [i.e. in Turkey], are more or less guilty of.
1796 Brooke's Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) III. xvii. 102 In the midst of all his enjoyments, of a loose to the gratification of every sensual desire.
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