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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs