cut loose

Idioms  

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

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

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cut loose

Each El Niño of yore that put this broad basin underwater had a different character because each cut loose on an evolving L.A., a place altered in part by floods and changed because of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Tucker just hasn’t looked like a true blue Dodger yet; he hasn’t been able to cut loose — especially not here in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

If the job description remains the same while you’ve been cut loose, that’s another red flag.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Opener Brandon King made 35 as he cut loose in the seventh over to hit pace bowler Safyaan Sharif for a six and two fours off successive balls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

If there was a God, He’d guide the winds, let them blow for me so that, with a tug of my string, I’d cut loose my pain, my longing.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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