cut loose

Example Sentences

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If the job description remains the same while you’ve been cut loose, that’s another red flag.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Sometimes, all we need is an excuse to cut loose and dance.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“Rumanes was, simply put, promised one job and forced to accept another. And then he was cut loose for insisting on doing that lesser job with integrity and honesty,” according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Opener Brandon King made 35 as he cut loose in the seventh over to hit pace bowler Safyaan Sharif for a six and two fours off successive balls.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

It was bad form to cut loose in the middle, and then also perhaps hazardous; Jack had once told me no one had ever done that before to Dennis Hoagland.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee