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WordNet 3.0
- v. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- v. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- v. cause to feel relaxed
- v. cause to become unblocked
- v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Examples
“I think they do it to loosen up their witnesses, the same way you get a person to talk about him-or herself at a cocktail party.”
“SIZE UP AND STRETCH Keep in mind that denim even without a touch of stretch or Lycra in the fabric will loosen up and stretch out over time.”
“He looked at me for a moment, perhaps hoping I would loosen up and hand him a fistful of Krugerands, but as I said, that cruller was weighing heavily on my mind and I did not relent.”
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
“He'd loosen up the soil with his hands, then pile it onto the cloth and use that to hoist it up out of the hole.”
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