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Loosen up   /lˈusən əp/   Listen
Loosen up

verb
1.
Cause to become unblocked.  Synonym: unstuff.
2.
Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner.  Synonym: relax.
3.
Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity.  Synonyms: limber up, warm up.
4.
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.  Synonyms: decompress, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind.  "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
5.
Cause to feel relaxed.  Synonyms: make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind.






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"Loosen up" Quotes from Famous Books



... said bitterly, "there's plenty fellers in the city which year in and year out composes chamber music and symphonic music which they couldn't themselves make ten dollars a week; and, when it comes right down to it, none of them millionaires would loosen up to such new beginners for even five hundred dollars to help them get ...
— Elkan Lubliner, American • Montague Glass



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