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Verb loosen up has 5 senses
- unstuff, loosen up - cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
--1 is one way to free, disengage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- relax, loosen up - become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
--2 is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- limber up, warm up, loosen up - make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
--3 is one way to exercise, work out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
--4 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue loosen up
- relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed - cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
--5 is one way to affect
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to loosen up Sue
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