"turn loose" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-turn loose.ogg [Australia] Forms: to turn loose [canonical], turns loose [present, singular, third-person], turning loose [participle, present], turned loose [participle, past], turned loose [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=to turn loose}} to turn loose (third-person singular simple present turns loose, present participle turning loose, simple past and past participle turned loose)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To release or let go; to permit (someone or something) to roam freely or to act freely. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: let loose, set free, set loose
    Sense id: en-turn_loose-en-verb-VOqbDKC6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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