to give a loose

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to give a loose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loose \Loose\, n.
     1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] --Prior.
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     2. A letting go; discharge. --B. Jonson.
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     To give a loose, to give freedom.
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              Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
                                                    --Addison.
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