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let loose of

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let loose of someone or something

 

1. to loosen the grasp on someone or something. Please let loose of me! Will you let loose of the doorknob?

2. to become independent from someone or something. She is nearly forty years old and has not yet let loose of her mother. Dave can't let loose of his childhood.

See also: let, loose, of