Definition of "turn loose" []

• To release or let go; to permit (someone or something) to roam freely or to act freely. (verb)

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• "He refuses to consider an exchange for the king, says he's no fair match for a monarch, and to balance it fitly we must turn loose all the rearguard that were taken with him, to make up Stephen's weight in the scale."
• "I didn't want to turn loose of my two-wing force, but the needle refused to stop its methodical up and down, up and down."
• ""Once they've got us keeping our heads down, they turn loose whatever they've got in the way of infantry-and then it gets nasty.""