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"hang loose" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to tell someone to relax or to take it easy and not be so uptight. For example, you could write: "Don't worry about making a mistake, just hang loose and have fun."
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hang loose
noun
Synonym of shaka
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He told them to "hang loose," as Colon called it.
Putting soft hands on the club and letting it all hang loose is the answer.
Electrical fittings hang loose from the walls, wires are strewn across the floor.
And Honolulu chefs, designers, filmmakers and surfer dudes are creating their own vibrant scene -- while still managing to hang loose.
Yet, naked, there was no longer awkwardness between them; his suit of flesh, unlike her husband's, did not hang loose upon a discernible skeleton.
Khader, who wore traditional Kurdish pants, which are drawn tight at the waist and ankles but hang loose around the legs, took me up into the surrounding hills.
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Ginsberg, the hang-loose anti-Ike.
Note that a hang-loose attitude is required while wearing the clothing.
He remembered the way Seau greeted everyone he met: with a hang-loose sign.
He has surfer looks and a hang-loose attitude, and is considered somewhat of an iconoclast.
This is the aspect of surfing I'm convinced dictated the Hawaiian hang-loose mantra.
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