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On the loose

If something is “on the loose,” it is able to move freely.

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If something is “on the loose,” it is able to move freely. You heard “on the loose” in the expression section. With a violent criminal “on the loose,” or moving about freely, you’ll want to investigate that with quite a bit of urgency. A bear was “on the loose” in the town after it escaped from the zoo.

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