GR translation: cut him loose

[Mark Kohut]

2nd.....you owe somebody--or not-- something when you end a relationship.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> At first I thought it was the second meaning. But seeing Närrisch say "I
> owe him—that much.” it seems the first would make more sense.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > V503.20-29, P511.36-512.4
> > “I warned him, but he laughed. ‘Another leap, Närrisch. I have to keep
> > leaping, don’t I?’”
> >
> > “Well what do you want to do now, cut him loose?”
> >
> > There is some excitement amidships. The Russians have thrown back a tarp
> > to reveal the chimps, who are covered with vomit, and have also broken
> into
> > the vodka. Haftung blinks and shudders. Wolfgang is on his back, sucking
> at
> > a gurgling bottle he is clutching with his feet. Some of the chimps are
> > docile, others are looking for a fight.
> >
> > “Somehow . . .” Slothrop does wish the man would quit talking this way,
> “I
> > owe him—that much.”
> >
> >
> > What does "cut him loose" mean here?
> >
> > OED lists two possible meanings:
> >
> > P.2.a.i.i.
> > To cut (someone or something) away from an anchor or restraint (literal
> > and figurative); to free, release.
> >
> > P.2.a.i.ii.
> > Originally U.S. figurative. To cast (someone or something) adrift; spec.
> > to put an end to a relationship with (a person); to give (something) up.
> >
> >
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