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on the loose
Acting without restraint, as in After the game the players were in town, on the loose . [Mid-1700s]
At large, free, as in That dog of theirs is on the loose all the time . [Second half of 1800s]
Example Sentences
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.
A house cat named Smokey wouldn’t come out from under the bed, and two feral cats, Blackie and Half Mustache, were on the loose.
Kicker Cameron Dicker’s extra point was blocked and instead of jumping on the loose ball to end the play, Dicker batted it to the ground with two hands.
The society said it was "reasonably confident" there were no other lynx on the loose in the area.
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