"cut loose" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cut loose.ogg [Australia] Forms: cuts loose [present, singular, third-person], cutting loose [participle, present], cut loose [participle, past], cut loose [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> loose}} cut loose (third-person singular simple present cuts loose, present participle cutting loose, simple past and past participle cut loose)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To behave in an uncontrolled manner.
    To party without restraint.
    Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cut_loose-en-verb-KQXtW9QE
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To behave in an uncontrolled manner.
    To act freely.
    Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cut_loose-en-verb-kA13XUto Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 49 30
  3. (intransitive) To open fire. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cut_loose-en-verb-LdhaUoR0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cut it loose, cut one loose, cut someone loose

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1962, Elvis Presley, Relax",
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        "To behave in an uncontrolled manner.",
        "To party without restraint."
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        "To party without restraint."
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        "To act freely."
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          "text": "Torpedoes were loosed, but the range was too short for them to actually arm, and they bounced harmlessly off the ship as it cut loose with its secondary and antiaircraft guns, smashing anything that it could see.",
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        "(intransitive) To open fire."
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