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Loosen up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become loose; to loosen; to relax (a muscle, etc.). intransitive
  2. 2
    cause to feel relaxed wordnet
  3. 3
    To relax; to act less seriously. colloquial

    "Michael in turn benefits from Tom. He loosens up a bit, stops talking so much like one of the bad novels he used to read, and learns to give his intellect a rest once in a while in deference to the emotions."

  4. 4
    become less tense, rest, or take one's ease wordnet
  5. 5
    make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity wordnet
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  1. 6
    cause to become unblocked wordnet
  2. 7
    become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner wordnet

Etymology

Compare Old Norse leysa upp (“loosen up”).

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