cut someone loose
End the relationship
To cut someone loose is to release them from a connection, obligation, or relationship.
Originally from literally cutting a rope or tether, it now usually means ending an association—firing an employee, breaking up with a partner, or freeing someone from constraints: The label cut him loose after two albums.
It can also mean allowing someone independence: It's time to cut her loose and let her make her own decisions.
- break upEnd a relationship
- part waysMutually go separate directions
- untetherRelease from binding
- cut the cordEnd a dependent connection
- abandonLeave behind permanently
wash hands of · unbind · dismiss · give the boot · show the door · kick to the curb · unshackle · estrange · free · disentangle · emancipate · terminate · renounce · forsake · liberate · relinquish · walk away · unfriend
cut someone loosekeep
Retain or fortified tower
retain · hold onto · cling to · keep around · hold tight
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