give a loose

verb

To give vent (to), to let loose (unrestrained feelings, emotions etc.).

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Meanings

verbgive a loose (third-person singular simple present gives a loose, present participle giving a loose, simple past gave a loose, past participle given a loose)

present singular third person gives a loose · participle present giving a loose · past gave a loose · participle past given a loose

  1. archaicTo give vent (to), to let loose (unrestrained feelings, emotions etc.).

    There I began to breathe a little freer, and to give a loose to those warm emotions which the sight of such an encounter had raised in me.

    1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin, published 1985, page 64
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APA

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

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