"cut someone loose" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cut<,,cut> someone loose"
      },
      "expansion": "cut someone loose (third-person singular simple present cuts someone loose, present participle cutting someone loose, simple past and past participle cut someone loose)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The pizza chain was forced to close several locations and cut employees loose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation."
      ],
      "id": "en-cut_someone_loose-en-verb-FSS~uJ5V",
      "links": [
        [
          "let someone go",
          "let someone go"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to let someone go",
          "word": "dispensar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osvobodítʹ",
          "sense": "to let someone go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "освободи́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otpustítʹ",
          "sense": "to let someone go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "отпусти́ть"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cut someone loose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut someone loose"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone loose",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cut<,,cut> someone loose"
      },
      "expansion": "cut someone loose (third-person singular simple present cuts someone loose, present participle cutting someone loose, simple past and past participle cut someone loose)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The pizza chain was forced to close several locations and cut employees loose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "let someone go",
          "let someone go"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cut someone loose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-au-cut_someone_loose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to let someone go",
      "word": "dispensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvobodítʹ",
      "sense": "to let someone go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "освободи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpustítʹ",
      "sense": "to let someone go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отпусти́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut someone loose"
}