on the loose

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the loose

1. (idiomatic) Not incarcerated or in captivity; not under control.

   There were reports of a giraffe that escaped from the zoo, on the loose in New York.

2. (slang, archaic) Out on a spree, or in search of adventure.

Synonyms

• on the run
• on the lam

Translations

not in captivity

• Finnish: valloillaan, karkuteillä (fi), vapaalla jalalla (fi)
• German: sich frei bewegend, frei herumlaufend, frei umherziehend
• Greek: εκτός ελέγχου (ektós elénchou)
• Hungarian: szabadlábon (hu), szökésben, szabadon (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: på frifot

  Nynorsk: på frifot

• Polish: na wolności
• Portuguese: à solta (pt)
• Russian: на во́ле (na vóle), ^{(please verify)} на свобо́де (na svobóde)
• Spanish: suelto (es) m, libre (es) m or f, liberado (es) m
• Swedish: på fri fot (sv), lös (sv)