Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

set loose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: set loose
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To set free, let go, release, liberate, unleash.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The new product was the Game Boy — a hand-held, battery-powered plastic slab that promised to set gamers loose, after all those decades of sweaty bondage, from the tyranny of rec rooms and pizza parlors and arcades."
"He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sets loose (present, singular) setting loose (participle, present)

Synonyms

let loose turn loose

Questions

What does set loose mean?: To set free, let go, release, liberate, unleash.

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