on the loose
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on the loose
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- Not incarcerated or in captivity; not under control. Went to a bongo party completely by mistake / there were coons and thugs and fat sheboons with all the pavement apes / When I got to the bongo party, it smelled of jenkem juice / someone left the cave door open, there were chimps on the loose.
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Out on a spree, or in search of adventure.
Sometimes he dispensed water to men who “looked as if they had been on the loose all night.”
Similar: on the run, on the lam
- Earning a living by prostitution. Those who have had good nursing, and all that, and the advantages of a sound education, who have a position to lose, prospects to blight, and relations to dishonour, may be blamed for going on the loose, but I’ll be hanged if I think that priest or moralist is to come down on me with the sledge-hamm
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prep_phrase not in captivity
| Español | suelto, libre, liberado |
|---|---|
| Português | à solta |
| Deutsch | sich frei bewegend, frei herumlaufend, frei umherziehend |
| Ελληνικά | εκτός ελέγχου ektós elénchou |
| Русский | на во́ле na vóle |
Talk about this word "on the loose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20loose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. on the loose. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20loose "on the loose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20loose.Cite this
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title = {on the loose},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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