单词 | to cut loose |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut loose 42. to cut loose: extracted from cutv. a. transitive. To loosen or set free by cutting that which fastens or confines. b. intransitive. To sever oneself, free oneself, escape. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > from confinement atburstc1000 outbreakOE strayc1330 aventc1375 twinc1386 out-wina1425 to break away1535 disengage1647 to break bounds1816 to cut loose1828 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 1st Ser. III. i. 23 Dacre's quarters were attacked, and his horses all cut loose. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vii. 79 In leaving the only home she had ever known, and cutting loose from the protection of a friend whom she loved and revered. 1889 A. E. Barr Feet of Clay xv. 301 I will cut loose from every entanglement. c. To begin to act freely; to start off; to commence an attack; to let oneself go. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] > commence an attack enterprisec1570 to go in1810 to cut loose1900 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 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 1900 G. Ade More Fables (1902) 182 She would approach the Piano timidly and sort of Trifle with it for a while, and say they would have to make Allowances, and then she would Cut Loose and worry the whole Block. 1901 S. E. White Westerners xviii. 157 You just ought to see him when he cuts loose. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 244 It was York shot Reilly, after Cork had cut loose at him. 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 66 My lorry had been seen, however. As I was taking it round a corner the Huns cut loose and caused me to go down that road as fast as the motor would take me. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xi. 196 He just now cut loose with ‘Goodness gracious..I should call this the deuce of a mess’. 1941 H. L. Mencken Newspaper Days (1942) xi. 184 When he got down his first dozen mugs..he cut loose with an exultant yodel. d. †to cut scores: to settle accounts (with): see score n. Obsolete. < as lemmas |
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