English · Idiom Candidate

cut loose

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

to break free from restraint or responsibility

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Phá vỡ sự kìm hãm hoặc trách nhiệm

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: release something cut

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

As usual, he fought with whirlwind ferocity, rocking the rugged little Mexican with blows to the head and body in the second round before cutting loose again early in the fourth.

Pouncey was Vercoe's squeeze, and so he cut loose a bit with the cattle prod.’

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “cut loose” mean?

to break free from restraint or responsibility Literally: release something cut

Is “cut loose” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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