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footloose
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
footloose
(adjective)
footloose
/
ˈ
fʊtˌluːs/
adjective
footloose
/
ˈ
fʊtˌluːs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of FOOTLOOSE
[
more footloose; most footloose
]
:
able to act or move freely
:
not held back by ties to other people
footloose
bachelors
When she was 20, she was
footloose and fancy-free
, with no family or serious career to tie her down.
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