loosen up
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intransitive verbDefinition of LOOSEN UP
: to become less tense : relax
Examples of LOOSEN UP
- <asked the school administrators to loosen up the rules on what can be printed on T-shirts>
- <a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends>
First Known Use of LOOSEN UP
1922
Related to LOOSEN UP
- Synonyms
- chill, chill out [slang], decompress, de-stress, relax, mellow (out), unwind, wind down
- Antonyms
- tense (up)
Rhymes with LOOSEN UP
belly-up, belly up, bottom-up, buckle up, bundle up, buttercup, butter up, buttoned-up, cover-up, cozy up, double up, dummy up, fancy up, follow-up, gussy up, higher-up, lighten up, live it up, loving cup, measure up, mix it up, open up, pick-me-up, pony up, power up, runner-up, seven-up, shoot-'em-up, stirrup cup, suck it up, suction cup, summing-up, up-and-up, wickiup, winding-up
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