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lets someone loose

lets someone loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let someone loose.

Meaning of let someone loose

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

Questions about lets someone loose

What is lets someone loose the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets someone loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let someone loose.

Words near lets someone loose in the dictionary

  1. lets slide
  2. lets slip
  3. lets someone down gently
  4. lets someone go
  5. lets someone have it
  6. lets someone loose
  7. lets something ride
  8. lets something slip
  9. lets the buyer beware
  10. lets the cat out
  11. lets the cat out of the bag

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