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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility..
He was footloose in his youth.
Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.
[…] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.
Use footloose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Footloose means Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility..
Common synonyms include free.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was footloose in his youth.
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