let\ one's\ hair\ down

let\ one's\ hair\ down
• let one's hair down
• let down one's hair
v. phr. informal
Act freely and naturally; be informal; relax.

Kings and queens can seldom let their hair down.

After the dance, the college girls let their hair down and compared dates.

Compare: let go(6)

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  • let one's hair down —    If you suggest that someone should let their hair down, you are telling them to relax and enjoy themselves.     Come on! We re not in the office now. You can let your hair down! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • let one's hair down — informal even the chairman of the board has to let his hair down once in a while Syn: enjoy oneself, have a good time, have fun, make merry, let oneself go; informal have a ball, whoop it up, paint the town red, live it up, have a whale of a time …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • let one's hair down — verb To relax and enjoy oneself. Cut loose, let your hair down honey …   Wiktionary

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  • let one's hair down — phrasal to act without pretense or self restraint …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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