10/03/17 Loose / Loosen / Lose

Loose Loosen Lose

To loose something is to free it completely.
The guards loosed the dogs at the first sign of a break.
While to loosen something is to partially unbind it.
After supper, Dad loosened his belt.
Writers sometimes misspell lose as loose.
Dad should *loose
[read lose] some weight.
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