to feel free
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2.4
- phrasal verb
- /fiːl friː/
:
sentirse libre de
- Good luck, and please feel free to report any success stories to this editor.
- feel free to ask
- feel free to contact
- please feel free
So during the class, please feel free to ask questions.
- So during the class, please feel free to ask questions.
- But here's just observation and feel free to ask more questions.
- Both men and women should feel free to be strong.
- Like, you know, feel free to disrupt everything.
- And feel free to be in touch.
- So guys, feel free to come along for the ride.
- If not, feel free to just say I don't.
- Yes, we'll turn a little bit faster and feel free to turn as much as needed.
- If you're just watching this later on, of course, you can feel free to leave comments.
- So please feel free to add your, your closing comments.
- So, you know, feel free to join the Flickr group.
Examples
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Feel free to take some time for yourself.
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So during the class, please feel free to ask questions.
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So please feel free to bring this in at any point.
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Both men and women should feel free to be strong.
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So guys, feel free to come along for the ride.
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But if you have any questions about it, please feel free to contact me.
Academic text (2000) -
If you should need some help or someone to talk to, feel free to call me.
Fiction book (1990) -
Feel free to look around.
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Instead, she gave Natalie her home number and told her to feel free to call.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the event, you can feel free to ask questions if you're curious.
Synonyms
11
5.6
Start asking questions or speaking freely when allowed
5
5.3
Let someone do or use something
Antonyms
How Permitted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'feel' (to experience) + 'free' (able to act without constraints) gives the sense 'experience being unconstrained to do something' — i.e. permission or encouragement. This is a common compositional pattern in English (and paralleled in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase feel free may come from the picture of someone who is not tied or held back, someone who feels free to act or speak. That's why we say it to mean 'to do something without asking or worrying'.