cut loose

cut loose
phrasal
1. : to free from custody, contact, restraint, or check
2. : to free oneself from domination, control, restraint, inhibition, or influence

he cut loose from his domineering father

3. : to act, proceed, or perform with abandon or wildness

the rattled pitcher cut loose with a wild pitch

: celebrate or enjoy oneself with carefree abandon and lack of restraint

convention delegates cutting loose at night

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distance oneself from a person, group, or system by which one is unduly influenced or on which one is overdependent

Poland cut loose from communism

act without restraint

consumers want to cut loose and have secret bacchanals

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cut loose
1 cut (someone) loose : to stop supporting or employing (someone)

He worked here for a few years but he didn't do a good job, so we finally had to cut him loose.

: to end an official relationship or agreement with (someone)

She's been cut loose from her contract. [=the company/organization with whom she had a contract to work has ended the contract]

2 chiefly US, informal : to act in a free and relaxed way after behaving in a way that is controlled

I enjoy cutting loose with friends on weekends.

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Main Entry:loose

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let ˈloose idiom
(BrE) (NAmE cut ˈloose) (informal) to do sth or to happen in a way that is not controlled

Teenagers need a place to let loose.

Main entry:looseidiom

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