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cut (someone) loose
cut (someone) loose
To end a relationship with someone, often abruptly. A: "Wait, they fired you?" B: "Yes! They just cut me loose with no explanation!" If he keeps calling me at all hours of the night, I'm going to have to cut him loose, I mean it!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Loke | | LOO-ke (Swedish) | Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Paloma | | pah-LO-mah | Spanish |
| Shayna | | - | Yiddish |
| Ailsa | | - | Scottish |
| Eurydike | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Leon | | [lei'əun] | |