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  • 61loose end — (BE) at a loose end (see loose ends) …

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  • 62loose end — noun a detail that is not yet settled or explained. Phrases be at a loose end (or N. Amer. at loose ends) have nothing specific to do …

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  • 63loose end — /lus ˈɛnd/ (say loohs end) noun 1. something left unsettled or incomplete. –phrase 2. at a loose end, without a specific task to do or pastime to follow. 3. at loose ends, a. (as of a person) restless and unsettled. b. confused; disordered. {from …

  • 64at loose ends — idi in an uncertain or unsettled situation or position; without an occupation or plans …

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  • 65Loose Mini DVD — Infobox music DVD Name = Loose Mini DVD Type = Music DVD Artist = Nelly Furtado Released = August 22, 2007 (Germany) Recorded = 2006 2007 Rating = Not rated Genre = Urban Pop/Pop Region = 1 Length = 25:12 Label = Universal Music Group Director =… …

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  • 66Fast and loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 67To break loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See …

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  • 68To let loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 69loose fracture — a fracture in which the bone is completely broken so that the broken ends have free play …

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  • 70at a loose end — WITH NOTHING TO DO, unoccupied, unemployed, at leisure, idle, adrift, with time to kill; bored, twiddling one s thumbs, kicking one s heels. → loose * * * phrasal see at loose ends * * * at a loose end or at loose ends 1. With nothing to do 2. In …

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