set loose

See: LET LOOSE (1a).

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[loose] See: [AT LOOSE ENDS], [CAST OFF] or [CAST LOOSE], [CUT LOOSE], [PLAY FAST AND LOOSE], [HAVE A SCREW LOOSE], [LET LOOSE] or [SET LOOSE] or [TURN LOOSE], [ON THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[on the loose] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Free to go; not shut in or stopped by anything. * /The zookeeper forgot to close the gate to the monkey cage and the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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