to free
5
1.8
- verb
- /friː/
- The teacher decided to free the students from their homework for the weekend.
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Watch on YouTubeLike God damn it I wish Harriet Tubman would free me from this zoom call.
- Like God damn it I wish Harriet Tubman would free me from this zoom call.
- And it's the devotional part that frees you.
- So he's, he's going to free himself to some degree of this hypnotic control.
- And, and, and that money that came in seemed to, you know, free people up and say, oh, there's money here.
- Free the nip and free your beliefs from judgement.
- I am going to allow myself to free myself.
Examples
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When I read that, that freed my mind up to question everything.
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Because again, so you free yourself up to be doing this, be present in front of people.
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So if you want to make great digital content, free yourself of these questions.
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All right, let me free you, little friend.
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And I'm saying that to say that, you know, you need to free yourself into the present.
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And the only thing powerful enough to free him is the perfect family harmony.
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We ask that you would free us of all fear about the future and timidity about tomorrow.
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The open flow of ideas and information has freed and empowered many people.
Academic text (2008) -
Because charter schools are freed from bureaucracy, they will provide parents with a wider range of choices.
Academic text (2013) -
Zorah was silent, struggling to free herself from the sudden onslaught of the past.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Make someone or something free of an unwanted thing
∞
1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
226
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
202
4.3
Set someone free from prison or unfair control
131
3.2
Free someone from a duty or responsibility
123
3.5
To not punish someone or excuse them from a duty
110
4.4
Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility
47
3.8
Set something free from being held or controlled
42
7.2
Make someone officially free from blame, guilt, or responsibility
38
4.1
To free someone officially from a rule or obligation
19
7.0
To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights
7
4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
4
6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
1
6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
1
9.9
To free a person or thing from an unwanted burden like debts
Antonyms
Idioms
1
8.4
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Phrasal Verbs
226
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
79
3.4
Have permission to leave a place where you were kept, usually after being arrested or accused
Compounds
- Formal
177
3.2
The right to say what you think in public without the government stopping you
- Archaic
56
6.7
Countries with non-communist governments that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- Specialized
39
4.1
An area near a port where companies store goods for export without paying customs duties
38
3.8
A system where private businesses compete and the market sets prices with little government control
- Informal
37
4.2
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- Literature
28
3.0
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Specialized
16
3.2
A computer program with its code available that you can use, change, and share without paying
12
3.7
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- NSFW
12
6.5
Sex between people who are not married, often part of a belief in sexual freedom
- Specialized
10
5.1
A small unstable atom or molecule that can damage body cells by reacting with them
10
3.7
A person who sells their work to different companies or people without a long contract
8
7.2
A belief in religious ideas based on reason and facts rather than on tradition or leaders
- Specialized
6
2.3
A kick given to a team after the other team breaks a rule, taken without nearby opponents
- Archaic
6
6.9
A state where laws did not allow people to own slaves before the American Civil War
5
3.9
A person who supports trade between countries without import taxes or other barriers
5
3.2
A way of eating that avoids foods with gluten for people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance
- Specialized
2
6.8
A way of saying the first thought that comes to your mind to find hidden feelings
2
4.7
Supporting a system where private businesses compete with little government control
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
1
4.9
An electron not attached to an atom that can move freely and carry electricity
1
5.1
Armed forces and political movement led by Charles de Gaulle who resisted German occupation in World War II
- Specialized
1
6.4
A living thing that lives on its own and not on another animal or plant
- Formal
1
4.1
A way of running an economy that lets businesses compete with little government control
- Formal
1
5.9
An official act that forgives someone for a crime and ends their legal punishments
1
8.5
A small bat that flies fast, eats insects, and has a tail sticking out past the skin between its wings
- Archaic
1
9.9
Of states or territories in the United States that did not allow slavery before the Civil War
1
8.1
A former province in central South Africa settled by Dutch farmers, renamed Free State in 1997
1
8.1
A former 19th century US party that opposed slavery spreading into western lands
- Specialized
1
9.1
A thin metal tongue that vibrates in a slot to make sound in harmonicas or accordions
- Specialized
1
7.9
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
How Free
Surface Forms
Etymology
Free used for removing a duty or rule follows the idea of making someone 'not bound' by an obligation, from the same old root frijaz. So to be freed from a duty means you are no longer required to do it.