Synonyms for fast and loose
| Grammar : Adj |
Définition of fast and loose
Origin :- described as "a cheating game played with a stick and a belt or string, so arranged that a spectator would think he could make the latter fast by placing a stick through its intricate folds, whereas the operator could detach it at once." [James O. Halliwell, "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1847]. The figurative sense (1550s) is recorded earlier than the literal (1570s).
- adj irresponsible
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- be loose
- cast loose
- casting loose
- cut loose
- fast and loose
- fast-and-loose
- fast loose
- footloose
- footloose and fancy-free
- hang-loose
- hang loose
- hanged loose
- hanging loose
- hangs loose
- hell broke loose
- let loose
- letted loose
- loose
- loose cannon
- loose change
- loose-lipped
- loose stool
- loose stools
- loose-tongued
- loose woman
- loosely
- loosen up
- looseness
- on loose
- on the loose
- screw loose
- turn loose
- tying loose ends
- tying up loose ends
- unloose
- be fastened
- be steadfast
- bed-and-breakfast
- bed and breakfast
- bedfast
- breakfast
- breakfast food
- breakfast time
- continental breakfast
- dangerously fast
- English breakfast
- fast
- fast-and-loose
- fast-approaching
- fast breeder reactor
- fast day
- fast food
- fast-food outlet
- fast-food place
- fast-food restaurant
- fast forward
- fast-forward
- fast friend
- fast lane
- fast living
- fast loose
- fast on the draw
- fast one
- fast pace
- fast paces
- fast shuffle
- fast talked
- fast talker
- fast talking
- fast-talking
- fast talks
- fast track
- fast tracked
- fast tracking
- fastball
- fasten
- fasten on
- fastened
- fastened to
- fastener
- fastening
- fastens
- faster
- fastest
- fasthold
- fastidious
- fastidiously
- fastidiousness
- fastigium
- fasting
- fastinged
- fastinging
- fastings
- fastness
- get no place fast
- hard and fast
- hard-and-fast
- hard fast
- hold fast
- in the fast lane
- keeping fast
- keeping fasts
- Lenten fast
- lenten fasts
- life in fast lane
- made fast
- made fast buck
- make fast
- make fast buck
- pancake breakfast
- paper fastener
- pull a fast one on
- steadfast
- steadfastly
- strict fast
- thick and fast
- unfasten
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