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free 1. adjective unaffected by any conventional values. A critical if vague word from the 1960s counterculture US, 1967 2. noun the world outside prison US, 1966 3. verb ► free the tadpolesof a male, to masturbate UK, 1999
free up 1. free up sth • free sth up to make something such as time or money available to be used, by not using it for something else: NASA hopes that the budget cuts will free up $2 billion, which they can use for other projects. She thought that if she went freelance, it would free her time up for doing things that she really wanted to do.2. free up sb • free sb up to make someone have more time available, by doing some of the things they usually do for them: Why don't you get someone in to help you? It would take a lot of pressure off you, and free you up to do more important things.3. free up sth • free sth up to make a system work more easily and effectively by getting rid of things that prevent this from happening: The Conservatives say they want to free up the economy by getting rid of unnecessary rules and regulations.
See:- (as) free as a bird
- (as) free as air
- (there) ain't no free lunch(es)
- (there) ain't no such thing as a free lunch
- a free bit of advice
- a free hand
- a free lunch
- a free ride
- allow (one) free rein
- allow (one) full rein
- All-y all-y oxen free!
- be footloose and fancy-free
- be home free
- be in/go into free fall
- best things in life are free
- break away
- break free
- copious free time
- feel free
- footloose and fancy free
- footloose and fancy-free
- for free
- free (someone or oneself) from (someone or something)
- free agent
- free and clear
- free and easy
- free as a bird
- free as air/as a bird
- free enterprise
- free fall
- free from
- free gift
- free hand
- free lunch
- free rein
- free ride
- free show
- free space
- free spirit
- free translation
- free trip
- free up
- free up cap space
- free, gratis, and for nothing
- free, white, and twenty-one
- free-for-all
- free-range kids
- free-range parenting
- freewheeling
- free-wheeling
- get a free hand
- get a free ride
- get away scot-free
- get free
- get free from (someone or something)
- get free of
- get free of (someone or something)
- get off
- get off scot-free
- get off/go scot-free
- get out of jail free card
- get, have, etc. a free hand
- get, take, etc. a free ride
- give (one) a free hand
- give (one) free rein
- give (one) full rein
- give free rein to
- give free rein to (one)
- give full rein to (one)
- give someone free rein
- give/allow somebody/something free/full rein
- go into free fall
- go scot-free
- go scot-free, to
- have a free hand
- home free
- home free, to be
- it's a free country
- live in (someone's) head rent-free
- live rent-free in (one's) head
- make free with
- make free with (someone or something)
- make free with something
- of (one's) own free will
- of one's own accord
- of own accord
- of your own free will
- olly olly oxen free
- set free
- set free (from something)
- take a free ride
- take liberties with
- the best things in life are free
- the leader of the free world
- There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
- There's no such thing as a free lunch
- walk away scot-free
- walk free
- Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free?
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