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verb (used with object)
1.
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
2.
to make less tight; slacken or relax: to loosen one's grasp.
3.
to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a tooth.
4.
to let loose or set free from bonds, restraint, or constraint.
5.
EXPANDto make less close or compact in structure or arrangement.
6.
to make less dense or coherent: to loosen the soil in a garden.
7.
to relax in strictness or severity, as restraint or discipline: to loosen restrictions on trade.
8.
COLLAPSEto relieve (the bowels) of their constipated condition.
verb (used without object)
9.
to become loose or looser (sometimes followed by up): His hold loosened. Your shoes will loosen up with wear.
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Loosen up
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| loosen up | |
verb | |
| 1. | cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!" [syn: unstuff] [ant: block] |
| 2. | become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" [syn: relax] |
| 3. | make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity [syn: limber up] |
| 4. | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax] [ant: tense] |
| 5. | cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax] [ant: strain] |
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