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let loose

let loose verb: to free; to release from restraint.

Verb

let loose (third-person singular simple present lets loose, present participle letting loose, simple past and past participle let loose)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To free; to release from restraint.
    • Near-synonyms: loose (verb), unleash, set loose; let rip
    • I can imagine the man . . . prepared to oppress rival firms, overthrow inconvenient monarchs, and let loose the dogs of war.1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 2, in A Footnote to History
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, sometimes) To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner.
    • Near-synonyms: explode, go ape, holler, vociferate, let rip
    • He set his teeth, and let loose with a fury before which nothing could stand; and Maurice was forced back step by step until he was almost up with the wall.1901, Harold MacGrath, chapter 17, in The Puppet Crown
  3. (euphemistic) To break wind.
    • Near-synonyms: let rip; see also Thesaurus:flatulate
    • Sorry for letting loose.

let loose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

let loose in Hindi

to let loose
ढीलना ḍhīlnā

let loose in Tamil

அவிழ்த்து விடு

let loose in Telugu

to let loose
వదులు vadulu

let loose in Malayalam

loose, set free, free
അഴിച്ചുവിടുക, കെട്ടഴിക്കുക, മോചിപ്പിക്കുക, കയറൂരിവിടുക, കെട്ടുവിടുവിക്കുക, സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുക
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let loose in Sanskrit
उत्सृज् utsṛj, सृज् sṛj

Examples of let loose in a sentence

  • May God's curse rest upon the arrogant men and the unholy ambitions which let loose this horror upon humanity!1916, Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Glimpse of the French Line”, in A Visit to Three Fronts:
  • Mardy Fish walloped the final shot of the match for a winner, and he let loose a jubilant roar of his own.2010 March 27, “Tennis: Venus wins”, in USA Today, retrieved 22 Jul 2011:
  • Thus encouraged, the Tijuana Brass let loose with its patented version of The Lonely Bull.1965 November 12, “Jazz: The Newest Sound”, in Time:
  • As if a giant ape weren't enough to get Jack Black going in King Kong, the actor says he let loose one time while making the film.2005 December 27, “Report: Jack Black recalls 'lost weekend'”, in USA Today, retrieved 22 Jul 2011:

Synonyms of let loose

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Forms of let loose

third-person singular presentlets loose
present participleletting loose
past participlelet loose
pastlet loose

Questions about let loose

What does let loose mean?
Let loose means to free; to release from restraint.
What is let loose in Hindi?
Let loose in Hindi is ढीलना (ḍhīlnā). See Let loose meaning in Hindi.
How do you use let loose in a sentence?
May God's curse rest upon the arrogant men and the unholy ambitions which let loose this horror upon humanity!
What part of speech is let loose?
Let loose is a verb.
What is the past tense of let loose?
The past tense of let loose is let loose.

Words near let loose in the dictionary

  1. let it be
  2. let it be known
  3. let it snow
  4. let know
  5. let lie
  6. let loose
  7. let me count the ways
  8. let me see
  9. let me tell you
  10. let nature take her course
  11. let nature take its course

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Adapted from Wiktionary: let loose (page history and authors); ढीलना (Hindi) (page history and authors); let loose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వదులు (Telugu) (page history and authors); let loose (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); उत्सृज् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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