Synonyms for turn loose
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : loos |
| Phonetic Transcription : lus |
Top 10 synonyms for turn loose Other synonyms for the word turn loose
- bail
- bail out
- cast loose
- commute
- cut loose
- demobilize
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- dismiss
- dispense
- emancipate
- enfranchise
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extricate
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- let loose
- let off
- let off steam
- let off the hook
- let out
- let up on
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- open up
- pardon
- parole
- put on the street
- ransom
- redeem
- release
- relieve
- reprieve
- rescue
- save
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- spring
- take out
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbind
- uncage
- unchain
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfix
- unleash
- unloose
- unshackle
- untie
- vent
- wipe slate clean
- yield
Définition of turn loose
Origin :- early 13c., "not securely fixed;" c.1300, "unbound," from Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," cognate with Old English leas "devoid of, false, feigned, incorrect," from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (cf. Danish løs "loose, untied," Swedish lös "loose, movable, detached," Middle Dutch, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"), from PIE *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (see lose). Meaning "not clinging, slack" is mid-15c. Meaning "not bundled" is late 15c. Sense of "unchaste, immoral" is recorded from late 15c. Meaning "at liberty, free from obligation" is 1550s. Sense of "rambling, disconnected" is from 1680s. Figurative sense of loose cannon was in use by 1896, probably from celebrated image in a popular story by Hugo:
- You can reason with a bull dog, astonish a bull, fascinate a boa, frighten a tiger, soften a lion; no resource with such a monster as a loose cannon. You cannot kill it, it is dead; and at the same time it lives. It lives with a sinister life which comes from the infinite. It is moved by the ship, which is moved by the sea, which is moved by the wind. This exterminator is a plaything. [Victor Hugo, "Ninety Three"]
- Loose end in reference to something unfinished, undecided, unguarded is from 1540s; to be at loose ends is from 1807. Phrase on the loose "free, unrestrained" is from 1749 (upon the loose).
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
- I wanted to turn loose the blunderbusses, but the Boss said: "No, let 'em enjoy themselves."
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- Don't you know enough to wait for "Three" before you turn loose?'
- Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb
- You turn loose on that one on the right, and I will look after the one on the left.
- Extract from : « Cruisings in the Cascades » by George O. Shields
- I couldn't say them and wouldn't say them before your wife, but now I'm going to turn loose.
- Extract from : « The Iron Furrow » by George C. Shedd
- With a .22 automatic one could turn loose at all sorts of ranges at all speeds.
- Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
- I guess I'll have to turn loose and lie, so yuh'll listen to me.
- Extract from : « The Happy Family » by Bertha Muzzy Bower
- These children we try to turn loose on the lively East Side, where they can join in the vigorous games of the slums.
- Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.
- A hunter that cannot get his limit of big game with twenty rifle cartridges is an unsafe individual to turn loose in the woods.
- Extract from : « Packing and Portaging » by Dillon Wallace
- Then they exchanged winks, for it had really never been their intention to turn loose upon Bud again.
- Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren
- That night was black and lowering, fitting weather for the pandemonium I was about to turn loose.
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
Antonyms for turn loose
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