cut someone loose

verb

To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.

“The pizza chain was forced to close several locations and cut employees loose.”

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Meanings

verbcut someone loose (third-person singular simple present cuts someone loose, present participle cutting someone loose, simple past and past participle cut someone loose)

present singular third person cuts someone loose · participle present cutting someone loose

  1. idiomaticTo let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.

    The pizza chain was forced to close several locations and cut employees loose.

Translations

Portuguese dispensar
  • dispensarto let someone go
Russian освободи́ть, отпусти́ть
  • освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ)to let someone go
  • отпусти́ть (otpustítʹ)to let someone go
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APA

cut someone loose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20loose

MLA

“cut someone loose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20loose. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut someone loose,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20loose.

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