turned loose
Released from restraint
Turned loose means released or set free, often with an implication of unleashing energy or removing restraint.
Animals are turned loose from cages, prisoners from custody.
The phrase suggests letting something go that was previously controlled: They turned the dogs loose on the intruder.
It can describe freeing someone to act without supervision: She was turned loose on the project with no guidance.
- freedReleased from confinement
- unleashedReleased from confinement
- let goCease holding something
- set freeRelease from confinement
- extricatedReleased from entanglement
untethered · liberated · emancipated · sprung · unshackled · uncontrolled · discharged · unchained · relieved · running wild · uncaged · unburdened · unchecked · unbound · freewheeling · unrestrained · wild · uninhibited
turned loosecaptured
Taken by force
caged · imprisoned · confined · locked up · incarcerated
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