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on the loose
At large, free, as in That dog of theirs is on the loose all the time . [Second half of 1800s]
Acting without restraint, as in After the game the players were in town, on the loose . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
He said the characterization by Trump of “all these terrible people” and “gang members” on the loose was hard to square with the reality of day laborers all but begging for work.
Police were first alerted to reports of lynx on the loose in the Drumguish area of the UK's biggest national park on 8 January.
But the bodies of young men continued to stack up after Bonin’s capture, leading investigators to believe another killer was on the loose.
Police were first alerted to reports of lynx on the loose in the Drumguish area of the UK's biggest national park on Wednesday 8 January.
In December, police issued a warning after two Eurasian lynx were spotted on the loose in the Cairngorms.
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