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单词 to give a loose to
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to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to
b. to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to: to allow (a person) unrestrained freedom or laxity; to give full vent to (feelings, etc.); to free from restraint. occasionally To give (a horse) the rein.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)]
slidec1386
to give a person rope (also enough rope, etc.)a1475
to give (the) rein(s) (to)1484
to let go1526
to give (a horse) his (also her, its, etc.) head1571
license1605
to give linea1616
unchecka1616
to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to1685
to give stretch to1777
to let rip1857
1685 J. Dryden tr. Horace Odes iii. xxix, in Sylvæ sig. K2v Come, give thy Soul a loose, and taste the pleasures of the poor.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 8. ⁋6 They now give a Loose to their Moan.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 327. ¶11 The Poets have given a loose to their Imaginations in the Description of Angels.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 84 Now give a Loose to the clean gen'rous Steed.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. iv. ix. 80 Amelia's Inclinations, when she gave a Loose to them, were pretty eager for this Diversion.
1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 62 They gave themselves..a full loose for all manner of dissipation.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. v. 125 He..gave loose..to agitation, which in public he had found himself able to suppress so successfully.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1879) I. 391 The little boy..gave a loose to his innocent tongue, and asked many questions.
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. ix. 207 Were I to indulge my present feelings, and give a loose to that freedom of expression which [etc.].
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