give a loose en · VERB
Meanings
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(archaic) To give vent (to), to let loose (unrestrained feelings, emotions etc.).
There I began to breathe a little freer, and to give a loose to those warm emotions which the sight of such an encounter had raised in me.
1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin, published 1985, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gives a loose | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| giving a loose | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| given a loose | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gave a loose | Tense=Past | lexicographic |