loose off

1. 1.

   fire as from a gun

   “The soldiers let drive their bullets”

   Synonymslet flylet drive

   Broaderfire

Questions about loose off

What does loose off mean?

loose off means "fire as from a gun".

What is another word for loose off?

Close synonyms include let fly, let drive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loose off a common word?

loose off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.