"let loose" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-let loose.ogg Forms: lets loose [present, singular, third-person], letting loose [participle, present], let loose [participle, past], let loose [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,let>}} let loose (third-person singular simple present lets loose, present participle letting loose, simple past and past participle let loose)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To free; to release from restraint. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: loose, unleash, set loose, ;, let rip Translations (release from restraint): 放開 /放开 (fàngkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), päästää irti (Finnish), irrottaa (Finnish), vapauttaa (Finnish), lâcher (French), loslassen (German), szabadjára ereszt (Hungarian), 切り放す (kirihanasu) (alt: きりはなす) (Japanese), 放す (hanasu) (alt: はなす) (Japanese), выпуска́ть (vypuskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́пустить (výpustitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отпусти́ть (otpustítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), leig mu sgaoil (Scottish Gaelic), soltar (Spanish), släppa lös (Swedish), släppa (Swedish), salmak (Turkish), serbest bırakmak (Turkish)
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  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by with or on) To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, sometimes Synonyms: explode, go ape, holler, vociferate, let rip Translations (perform a sudden, vehement action): se déchaîner (French), soltar rienda (Spanish), dar rienda suelta (Spanish), distender (Spanish)
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  3. (euphemistic) To break wind. Tags: euphemistic
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Inflected forms

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      "roman": "fàngkāi",
      "sense": "release from restraint",
      "word": "放開 /放开"
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      "word": "loslassen"
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      "word": "szabadjára ereszt"
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      "word": "放す"
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      "word": "выпуска́ть"
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      "sense": "release from restraint",
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      "word": "вы́пустить"
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      "roman": "otpuskátʹ",
      "sense": "release from restraint",
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      "sense": "release from restraint",
      "word": "salmak"
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      "sense": "release from restraint",
      "word": "serbest bırakmak"
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      "word": "se déchaîner"
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