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Antonyms for loosen up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : loo-suh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu sən |
Definition of loosen up
Origin :- late 14c., losnen, later lousen (early 15c.), from loose (v.) + -en (1). Related: Loosened; loosening.
- As in kick back : verb relax
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in unwind : verb relax
- As in chill out : verb calm down
- As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
- As in exercise : verb do repeatedly, especially to improve
- I had seen the multitudes "loosen up," I had felt myself melt into the crowd.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- It does one good to let down the bars and loosen up the reins occasionally.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
- If you do, stop and loosen up a very little and start again.
- Extract from : « Farm Engines and How to Run Them » by James H. Stephenson
- It was your cooking, sure, that made him loosen up that way.
- Extract from : « Our Next-Door Neighbors » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- When it came his time to loosen up he never referred the waiter to an actuary.
- Extract from : « The Trimmed Lamp » by O. Henry
- Now fill up on that and then loosen up on your impressions of the sky.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Northwest » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- When setting I dig big holes and loosen up the subsoil about a foot.
- Extract from : « The Apple » by Various
- Come on now, loosen up with three or four pesos, so that they may see we are sports.
- Extract from : « The Reign of Greed » by Jose Rizal
- Say--can't you loosen up for about three fingers more of that booze?
- Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
- Say—can't you loosen up for about three fingers more of that booze?
- Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
Synonyms for loosen up
- accustom
- brainwash
- break
- break in
- breathe easy
- build up
- calm
- calm down
- catch one's breath
- chill
- chill out
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- condition
- cool it
- cool off
- cultivate
- develop
- discipline
- drill
- dry run
- ease off
- educate
- equip
- exert
- feel at home
- fix
- foster
- groom
- habituate
- hang loose
- hone
- improve
- inure
- knock off
- labor
- laze
- let oneself go
- lick into shape
- lie down
- limber up
- loosen up
- make oneself at home
- make ready
- maneuver
- mellow
- mellow out
- modify
- ply
- practice
- prepare
- program
- pump iron
- put one's feet up
- put out
- put through grind
- put through mill
- quiet down
- quieten
- ready
- recline
- rehearse
- relax
- repose
- rest
- run through
- set
- settle back
- settle down
- shape up
- sharpen
- simmer down
- sit around
- sit back
- slow down
- soften
- stop work
- strain
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a chill pill
- take a load off
- take it easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- teach
- tone up
- toughen up
- train
- tranquilize
- tune up
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- walk through
- warm up
- whip into shape
- wind down
- work
- work out
- work over
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