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loosen (up)verb1 to free from obstruction or difficultyhoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street ease, facilitate, grease, smooth, unclog accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speedadvance, forward, further, promoteabet, aid, assist, help, improvedisentangle, straighten (out), untanglesimplify, streamline pave the way (for) complicate hinder, impederetardaggravate, worsenperplex, sophisticate loosen upverb2to get rid of nervous tension or anxietya high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends chill, chill out(slang), de-stress, decompress, mellow (out), relax, unwind, wind down unbendbask, kick back, loll, lounge, repose, restbum, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, vegetate, veg out, zone outalleviate, comfort, ease, relievecalm, compose, cool, quiet, settle hang loose tense (up) in 1922 |