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sets loose

sets loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set loose.

Meaning of set loose

Verb

set loose (third-person singular simple present sets loose, present participle setting loose, simple past and past participle set loose)

  1. (transitive) To set free, let go, release, liberate, unleash.
    • The new product was the Game Boy — a hand-held, battery-powered plastic slab that promised to set gamers loose, after all those decades of sweaty bondage, from the tyranny of rec rooms and pizza parlors and arcades.2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine

Questions about sets loose

What is sets loose the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set loose.

Words near sets loose in the dictionary

  1. sets in
  2. sets in motion
  3. sets in stone
  4. sets in train
  5. sets light
  6. sets loose
  7. sets of pipes
  8. sets of wheels
  9. sets off
  10. sets on
  11. sets on a pedestal

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