Also means
off
Usage Note
los is hugely idiomatic: Was ist los? means 'What's wrong / what's going on?', and Los! on its own means 'Go!'. As a separable prefix it appears in losfahren ('to set off'); etwas los sein means to be rid of something.
Examples
"Was ist denn hier los?"
Natural Translation
What's going on here, then?
Literal Translation
What is then here loose?
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