cut loose

cut loose
1) вырваться, оторваться; освободиться, избавиться

Her husband's suffering and dangers, and the danger of her child, all blended in her mind, with a confused and stunning sense of the risk she was running, in leaving the only home she had ever known, and cutting loose from the protection of a friend whom she loved and revered. (H. Beecher Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’, ch. VII) — Страдания мужа и опасность, подстерегавшая его ежеминутно, опасность, грозившая ребенку, - все это слилось в ее сознании с гнетущим ощущением риска, которому подвергалась она сама, покидая родное гнездо и лишаясь защиты любимой и уважаемой покровительницы.

‘...he's in with some Irish boys now. A very bad crowd. Burglars and things. He'll be taken up any day, I should think.’ ‘Well, since he's cut loose from my family, it's hardly my affair,’ Gerald answered. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part II, ch. II) — -...Ларри Рурк связался с какими-то ирландскими парнями. Темные личности. Воры, взломщики. Думаю, что Ларри в любую минуту могут арестовать. - Но ведь он порвал с моей семьей, и все это теперь меня не касается, - ответил Джералд.

2) амер. держать себя свободно, "разойтись"

The speaker suddenly cut loose with a violent attack upon the President. (DAS) — Оратор вдруг разошелся и начал резко критиковать президента.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • cut loose — {v.} 1. To free from ties or connections, cut the fastenings of. * /The thief hastily cut the boat loose from its anchor./ Compare: LET LOOSE(1a). 2. {informal} To break away from control; get away and be free. * /The boy left home and cut loose… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut loose — {v.} 1. To free from ties or connections, cut the fastenings of. * /The thief hastily cut the boat loose from its anchor./ Compare: LET LOOSE(1a). 2. {informal} To break away from control; get away and be free. * /The boy left home and cut loose… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut\ loose — v 1. To free from ties or connections, cut the fastenings of. The thief hastily cut the boat loose from its anchor. Compare: let loose(1a) 2. informal To break away from control; get away and be free. The boy left home and cut loose from his… …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • cut loose — informal 1) if someone cuts loose or is cut loose, they stop being influenced or controlled by someone I think it s about time you cut loose from your family. 2) informal to stop behaving in a controlled way and start having fun …   English dictionary


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