单词 | to leave loose |
释义 | > as lemmasto leave loose c. nonstandard. to leave loose: = to leave hold at Phrases 3a.Cf. also slightly earlier to leave go at Phrases 3b. extracted from leavev.1ΚΠ 1786 Scots Mag. Sept. 457/2 I had..twice untwisted the fatal rope from his hand, begging him to leave it loose, and give free expansion to the balloon. (b) With of indicating the notional object. ΚΠ 1813 D. W. Paynter Godfrey Ranger III. vi. 102 She had left loose of the bridle, and was now clinging to the horse's mane. 1880 G. Gissing Workers in Dawn I. i. 8 She turns to look after a child which is being dragged through the mud by her skirts,..and, bidding it with a cuff and a curse not to leave loose of her, pushes on stoutly through the crowd. 1905 G. M. Cooke Grapple xxiv. 354 ‘Leave loose of me!’ he cried to those who were restraining him. 1971 T. Satchell tr. J. Ikku in L. Feinberg Asian Laughter 342 I really must go if you'd just leave loose of me. 2013 J. Lennington Twin Mirrors 54 Carrie Stallworth you leave loose of that woman. We don't know nothin about her. < as lemmas |
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