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loose
verb [T] /luːs/Definition
› to speak or express emotions very freely, especially in an uncontrolled way: The minister loosed an angry tirade against the leader of the opposition.Ways of talking
(Definition of loose verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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