turn loose
Let go completely
To turn loose is to release or set free—letting go of something previously held or restrained: They turned the horses loose in the pasture, The company turned loose a team of lawyers on the case.
The phrase suggests unleashing energy or action: Once she turns loose on a problem, she doesn't stop until it's solved.
- let goCease holding something
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- uncageRelease from confinement
- liberateSet free from captivity
sic · untether · spring · unchain · detach · off the chain · untie · emancipate · unbind · discharge · unfasten · abandon · rampage · surrender · unbridled · set free · escape · wild
- releasefree, liberate, let go, set free, break free
- turn phrasesabout face, turning point
- unfasteningunfasten, detach, disconnect, unbuckle, unbutton
- emitemit, emanate, radiate, exude, give off