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let one's hair down en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself.
All week long I've been keepin' my cool / But tonight I'm gonna let my hair down / And get down with these down home blues
1982, George Jackson, “Down Home Blues”, performed by Z. Z. Hill:He should help himself before he tries to help someone else. If he's afraid someone will know him he should move to a new residence and let his hair down and join us swingers.
1981 February 14, Richard Credill, “Take Him By The Hand”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 5:Cut loose, let your hair down honey / Unwind, turn the lights down low / Relax, let's uncork the stopper / Come to papa, come on let's go
1962, Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper, “Relax”, performed by Elvis Presley:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, one's, hair, down.
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put one's feet up