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let someone/thing loose1Release someone or something: let the dog loose for a minute...- However, at least two dogs were let loose by spectators.
- He also claimed any person walking a dog of a hunting breed in an area where there were known to be wild mammals could be open to prosecution if they let the dog loose.
- In this competition, dogs are let loose to chase a jack rabbit over desert terrain.
1.1Allow someone freedom of action in a particular place or situation: Ellen was laughing like a child let loose in a sweet shop...- And for the last 200 years they have been let loose on humanity to perpetuate the worst kind of injustices.
- Nowadays professional caddies at the world's leading courses undergo strenuous training and have to prove themselves to their caddie-masters before they are let loose on the paying public.
- The staff spend an average of six months concentrating on backroom duties and learning the basics before they are let loose on the company's clients.
1.2Suddenly utter a sound or remark: he let loose a stream of abuse...- Stunned, the CEO let loose a stream of expletives and walked out.
- She stiffened and then let loose a stream of abuse in a South Yorkshire accent.
- In one Michigan case, a man who let loose a stream of curses after falling out of a canoe in 1999 was convicted of violating a law against cursing in front of women and children.
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