cut loose

phrase

1

: to free from control or restraint

cut us loose from the contract

2

: to act without restraint

enjoyed cutting loose at nightclubs

Examples of cut loose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to jettisoning Mulligan, the station also cut loose midday co-host Marshall Harris. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

On the night of the reprieve, Owen, cut loose for the evening by his girlfriend, who wants to canoodle with a neighbor, vomits in the vicinity of Allie’s high heels, in what might be called a meet-boot. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

An Arsenal fan, he was cut loose by the club’s academy at 13. — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The art market is a tough place to survive these days, with even megagalleries like Gagosian and Pace shuttering locations and cutting loose artists, and every day seeming to bring news of another art gallery calling it quits. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cut loose

• abstruse
• abuse
• adduce
• atreus
• caboose
• cayuse
• conduce
• deduce
• diffuse
• disuse
• excuse
• footloose