It's too late for Republicans to cut loose from the loose cannon Trump ... "
John McCain
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Liliputins. What the hell is this ?
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cut loose
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cut (someone) loose
To end a relationship with someone, often abruptly. A: "Wait, they fired you?" B: "Yes! They just cut me loose with no explanation!" If he keeps calling me at all hours of the night, I'm going to have to cut him loose, I mean it!
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cut loose
1. To behave in an uninhibited manner. Come on, we're on vacation—it's time to cut loose!
2. To leave a particular place or area. The robbers cut loose when they heard the approaching sirens.
3. To leave or separate from someone or something. We need to cut loose from that guy before his scandalous behavior becomes public knowledge. Come on, you're 18 now—it's time to cut loose and go to college.
4. To relinquish or release something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "loose." That technology is so outdated now that we should really cut it loose.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
cut loose
(with something) Go to let go (with something).
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
cut loose
1. Speak or act without restraint, as in He cut loose with a string of curses. [Early 1800s]
2. Leave, clear out, as in Let's cut loose right now. [Slang; 1960s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cut loose
INFORMAL
1. If someone cuts loose, they start to behave in excited or uncontrolled way. This is the guy who cut loose live on breakfast radio during an outdoor concert at a Brisbane university.
2. If you cut loose, you spend time relaxing and enjoying yourself. We got through to lunch and in the afternoon were able to cut loose.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
cut loose
1 distance yourself from a person, group, or system by which you are unduly influenced or on which you are over-dependent. 2 begin to act without restraint. informal
1 1993 Isidore Okpewho Tides When the time comes that I feel my friends are not sufficiently behind me in what I'm trying to do, I'm going to cut loose from them.
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loose cannon
English
Noun
loose cannon (plural loose cannons)
1.(nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, which has the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
2.(idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc. Jack is considered a loose cannon due to his volatile personality and his track record of being unable to maintain his composure.
Verb
loose cannon (third-person singular simple present loose cannons, present participle loose cannoning, simple past and past participle loose cannoned)
1.(idiomatic) To behave in a way such as to cause damage to one's own faction, political party etc.
Translations
±unpredictable person