| 单词 | cast loose |
| 释义 | cast looseSEE SYNONYMS FOR cast loose ON THESAURUS.COM Also, cast adrift. Let go, freed, as in After Rob was suspended from boarding school, he was cast loose with nowhere to go, or Selling her home meant she was cast adrift with no financial ties or responsibilities. Originally a nautical term for releasing a vessel, this idiom was being used figuratively by the late 1500s. Words nearby cast looseCastlereagh, Castle Shannon, castles in the air, Castle's intrinsic factor, Castle walk, cast loose, Castner, Castner process, castoff, cast on, cast one's lot with The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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