Definition of Loose off

1. Verb. Fire as from a gun. "The soldiers let drive their bullets"

Exact synonyms: Let Drive, Let Fly
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Fire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loose Off

loose-meat sandwich
loose-tongued
loose ablative
loose body
loose box
loose cannon
loose cannons
loose cartilage
loose change
loose coupling
loose end
loose ends
loose lip
loose lips
loose off (current term)
loose scrum
loose sentence
loose skin
loose smut
loose trousers
loosebox
loosed
loosefill
loosehead
looseheads
looseleaf
loosely
loosely knit

Literary usage of Loose off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"vn (aux. fein) to come or get loose, off or away; to be spared (»СП, from); ... ü. a. to cut loose, off о U. free; ..."

2. A German Reader for Beginners: With an Introduction on English-German by Hermann Carl Otto Huss (1900)
"... bie, Loreley, a water- nymph. loe, adj., loose, off ; — feitt (with tfcc.), be rid of; adi'. and sep. ..."

3. Tommy Cornstalk: Being Some Account of the Less Notable Features of the by John Henry Macartney Abbott (1902)
"It is not enough for him to ' loose off' his rifle, in the vague hope of his bullet chancing to drop where some one is; he must have a definite target to ..."

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