footloose
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adjective
free to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | free to go or do as one wishes |
| 2. | eager to travel; restless: to feel footloose |
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Footloose
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
footloose
1699, in literal sense of "free to move the feet, unshackled," from foot + loose. Fig. sense of "free to act as one pleases" is from 1873.
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Example sentences
But it won't change any basic facts: once a product is perfected and its process understood, it becomes footloose.
And the rag trade is as footloose as its customers are fickle.
Indicates a significant rise in what has been referred to as a footloose population.
As well as becoming more footloose, the workforce is becoming less standardised.
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