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loose cannon definition

loose cannon

a careless, uncontrollable person using poor judgment, whose unpredictable words or actions cause embarrassment or harm to others

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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