(loose something on/upon someone/something) to suddenly let something bad or unpleasant have its full effect on someone or something in an uncontrolled way
Synonyms and related words
To have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effect
cost
damage
spoil
loose on
phrasal verb transitive
Other entries for this word
let someone loose (on something)phrase
or loose upon
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
loose on
he/she/it
looses on
present participle
loosing on
past tense
loosed on
past participle
loosed on
DEFINITIONS1
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(loose something on/upon someone/something) to suddenly let something bad or unpleasant have its full effect on someone or something in an uncontrolled way