let it all hang out
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I realized that if a book that good could have a problem getting published, all writers might as well just do our thing and let it all hang out.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Both teams let it all hang out as far as opportunities and coverage, but not the score.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022
There's no need to cover it — broccoli requires air circulation so that it can breathe, so let it all hang out.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022
For years now, has tracked a tamped-down, repressed ’50s America becoming one where people let it all hang out.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2014
True enough, but more and more improbable words have been creeping into puzzles as they, like the rest of society, let it all hang out.
From Washington Post
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