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Adjective: on the loose
  1. Having broken free from confinement, capture, control, etc.
    "criminals on the loose in the neighbourhood";
    - at large, escaped, loose

See also: free

Nearest

on the face of it
on the fence
on the fly
on the fritz
on the go
on the hook
on the house
on the job
on the level
on the line
on the loose
on the mend
on the nail
on the nod
on the nose
on the off chance
on the offensive
on the one hand
on the other hand
on the Q.T.
on the QT