Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Loose

Having a tile loose. Not quite of sound mind. The head being the roof of the temple called the body.

Out on the loose.
Out on the spree; out of moral bounds.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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