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let someone loose

let someone loose verb: to allow someone free discretion on a task.

Verb

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

  1. To allow someone free discretion on a task.
    • "I fancy you would like to attend to Molly yourself, your Ladyship. If I let you both loose for that purpose, will you promise to allow yourselves to be fastened again in such a way as I may indicate?"1908, anonymous author, The Way of a Man with a Maid, Volume 2 Chapter 9

Forms of let someone loose

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

Questions about let someone loose

What does let someone loose mean?
Let someone loose means to allow someone free discretion on a task.
What part of speech is let someone loose?
Let someone loose is a verb.
What is the past tense of let someone loose?
The past tense of let someone loose is let someone loose.

Words near let someone loose in the dictionary

  1. let slip
  2. let someone down gently
  3. let someone go
  4. let someone have it
  5. let someone hold
  6. let someone loose
  7. let something ride
  8. let something slip
  9. let that sink in
  10. let the buyer beware
  11. let the cat out

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