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free 2, verb (oh)



2 W3 past tense and past participle freed present participle freeing
v [T]
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1 ?release?
2 ?not control?
3 ?allow somebody/something to move?
4 ?stop somebody suffering?
5 ?make available?
6 ?give somebody more time?
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?RELEASE?
to allow someone to leave prison or somewhere they have been kept as a prisoner
-synonym release release
::He expects to be freed quite soon.
::The terrorists have at last agreed to free the hostages.
free sb from sth
::She was freed from prison last week.
?NOT CONTROL?
to allow someone to say and do what they want, after controlling or restricting them in the past
free sb from/of sth
::The press has now been freed from political control.
::She longed to be freed of her responsibilities.
::Art frees the imagination.
?ALLOW SOMEBODY/SOMETHING TO MOVE?
to move someone or something so that they are no longer held, fixed, or trapped
-synonym release release
::He struggled to free himself, but the ropes were too tight.
::I couldn't free the safety catch.
free sb/sth from sth
::All the victims have now been freed from the wreckage.
?STOP SOMEBODY SUFFERING?
to stop someone suffering from something by removing it
free sb from sth
::new drugs that can free people from pain
::At last the country has been freed from its enormous debts.
?MAKE AVAILABLE?
also free sth ¡û¡ú up
to make something available so that it can be used
::I need to free up some of the disk space on my computer.
::This should free some money for investment.
?GIVE SOMEBODY MORE TIME?
also free sb ¡û¡ú up
to give someone time to do something by taking away other jobs that they have to do
free sb (up) to do sth
::Taking away the burden of administration will free teachers to concentrate on teaching.
::We have freed up some staff to deal with the backlog of work.