turning loose
Setting something free
Turning loose means releasing or setting free—letting go of something held, restrained, or controlled.
You might turn loose a dog from its leash or turn loose pent-up emotions.
It can also mean unleashing force or energy: They turned loose a barrage of criticism.
The phrase carries a sense of abandoning restraint: Once she got on stage, she really turned loose.
- unbindTo release from bonds
- untetherRelease from binding
- releaseTo let go
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- uncageRelease from confinement
break free · liberation · emancipation · renunciation · catharsis · freedom · unburden · let go · cut ties · detach · independence · relinquishment · forgive · unfasten · discharge · heal · abandonment · disavowal
turning loosecapturing
Taking into custody
restraining · confining · imprisoning · caging · tethering
turning loosereining in
Exercising control over
restraining · controlling · holding back · disciplining · curbing
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