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at a loose end

phraseC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

At a loose end means with nothing in particular to do. At a loose end on a Sunday.

It is mildly restless rather than relaxed, which is the whole feeling of it. Anybody at a loose end for long enough starts a project they had not planned.

Definitions of at a loose end

  1. 1phraseat a loose endWith nothing in particular to do.C1

    “He was at a loose end all afternoon and rearranged the shed.”

at a loose end is a phrase.

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