How to Use cut loose in a Sentence

cut loose

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  • Johnson realizes there’s a need to cut loose like that since it’s been done before.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • Glasper and Washington both have a bold tone and a distinct style but rarely cut loose.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Virginia Tech was among four power conference schools that had fired coaches by then, and Florida was just one week away from cutting loose another.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • Amid high gas prices — an average of more than $4 per gallon across the country — a store in Upstate New York offered 20 percent off to customers who cut loose.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Belfort’s Hamptons speech Jordan’s habit of delivering motivational speeches even while cutting loose shows up in the film’s party sequences, and there’s footage to back it up.
    Jp Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 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
  • Scott takes credit for convincing Tong to move to PIX11 after she was cut loose by WABC in 1992.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While much of the attention has focused on potential impact additions for the pitching staff, the front office quietly addressed another area of concern by adding a former first-round outfielder who was recently cut loose by a fierce division rival.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Putting sentiment aside, the Chicago Cubs designated Jameson Taillon for assignment on Monday, cutting loose one of the most respected players in their clubhouse to continue reshaping their pitching staff.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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