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work loose
verb as in loose/loosen
Weak matches
- alleviate
- become unfastened
- break up
- deliver
- detach
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- ease
- ease off
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- manumit
- mitigate
- relax
- release
- separate
- slacken
- unbar
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- work free
verb as in loosen
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Example Sentences
On impulse he stopped to measure it, sure he could squeeze through here, if he could work loose the grid.
Because if grease were used, the spokes would work loose, and soon the whole wheel would collapse.
We pulled on the knots hard—and they weren't any granny knots, either, that would work loose.
I calked the seams the best way I could, but the wood's a bit rotten, and there's always danger that the oakum may work loose.
The latter plan is to be preferred as the head can be removed more quickly and is not so likely to work loose.
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On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to work loose, such as: alleviate, become unfastened, break up, deliver, detach, and discharge.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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