"loose off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looses off [present, singular, third-person], loosing off [participle, present], loosed off [participle, past], loosed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} loose off (third-person singular simple present looses off, present participle loosing off, simple past and past participle loosed off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm) Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-loose_off-en-verb-i8kr4s5L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 79 21
  2. (transitive, archaic) to unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.) Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-loose_off-en-verb-waxYNFln

Inflected forms

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