cast loose

Idioms and Phrases

Also, cast adrift . Let go, freed, as in After Rob was suspended from boarding school, he was cast loose with nowhere to go , or Selling her home meant she was cast adrift with no financial ties or responsibilities . Originally a nautical term for releasing a vessel, this idiom was being used figuratively by the late 1500s.

Related Words

• clear
• deliver
• discharge
• drop
• free
• issue
• leak
• surrender