The phrase
"loose cannon" refers to a person or thing that is unpredictable, uncontrollable, and poses a potential danger or risk to others due to their reckless actions or behavior.
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Sentences with «loose cannon»
- Along with old friend Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), Wyatt (Russell), Virgil (Sam Elliott) and Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton) find themselves — ostensibly upholding Virgil's newly decreed weapons ban — in a shootout with a bunch of loose cannons at the O.K. Corral. (grouchoreviews.com)
- The syndicate, now run under the auspices of boss Frank Nitti, perceives bank robbers like Dillinger as loose cannons who are bad for business. (reelviews.net)
- Presumably, Conrad is not the proverbially loose cannon in the new Democratic majority. (voices.washingtonpost.com)
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