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Speak or act without restraint, as in He cut loose with a string of curses. [Early 1800s]

Leave, clear out, as in Let's cut loose right now. [Slang; 1960s]

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Why not let him cut loose and go all Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, instead of easing his way out of something a bit grimier?
Meet Vincent McKenna, Your New Favorite Bill Murray Character|Alex Suskind|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Loyal incumbents must be protected, while disappointing ones are reassessed and even cut loose.
With Incumbents To Protect, The Tea Party Is Now Playing Defense|Michelle Cottle|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one point, an outraged audience member cut loose with a Joe Wilsonesque “You lie!”
On CPAC Day 2, the Libertarian Wing Takes Over|Michelle Cottle|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Habitually unable to contain his choleric temper, Kennedy cut loose when addressing his former Harvard chums in 1937.
“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life|Jacob Heilbrunn|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

But one of these days, and perhaps wth the aid of Russian attack helicopters, the regime will really cut loose.
We're Going to War With Syria|Michael Tomasky|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We made the freight camp, however, just as the storm cut loose in deadly earnest.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She turned him down; and at the last moment he upset our plans by deciding to cut loose and go with us.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He now cut loose his stern anchor and bade his men pull on the rope that led to the bow anchor.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various
The bellowing of the bull when cut loose came as music to the again placid Indian women of Palomitas.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
Joan cut loose at the disturbers of this peace, emptying the revolver quickly, but without effect.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek|George W. Ogden

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