loosen your grip
If you loosen your grip on an object, or your grip loosens, you hold something less tightly:
He held my hand very tightly at first but gradually his grip loosened.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- crack
- let/set sth loose idiom
- loose
- loosen
- open sb up
- pay (sth) out
- reopen
- steam
- throw
- unbuckle
- uncap
- uncork
- undid
- undo
- unplug
- unroll
- unscrew
- untie
- unwind
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