on the loose

on the loose

English

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.

Synonyms

• on the run
• on the lam

Translations

not in captivity

Finnish: valloillaan, karkuteillä (fi), vapaalla jalalla (fi) Greek: εκτός ελέγχου (ektós elénchou) Hungarian: szabadlábon (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, f, liberado (es) m Swedish: på fri fot (sv), lös (sv)