to free
- verb
- /friː/
- Monash: No, I'm gonna see if I can free it up.
- free up resources
- free up space
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Watch on YouTubeAnd if there would, it would free up so much money.
- And if there would, it would free up so much money.
- Biden's disciplined approach frees up resources for other global priorities.
- And knowing that will free up time for you so you can start living your authentic life.
- Another fail Bidens disciplined approach frees up resources for other global priorities.
- Well, I mean, if so, if that means the the state halves, I mean, that's all that money that's going to be freed.
Examples
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Biden's disciplined approach frees up resources for other global priorities.
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You can spend money on things to get you results and free up your time because your time becomes the most important thing.
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And knowing that will free up time for you so you can start living your authentic life.
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And this also will help free up some airflow and prevent any further disease.
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Retirement of the space shuttles this year will free up almost $2.4 billion for use in other programs.
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When we get finished testing, we're gonna hafta free up some of these other exhibits so that we can give this new leopard some space.
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By selling some unwanted items, you can free up funds for a vacation.
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Creating a budget can help you free up resources for your important projects.
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The new software update will free up storage space on your device.
Synonyms
To make a product or information available to the public
Allow use of money or assets that were blocked
Allow someone to use money or assets again after they were frozen
Antonyms
Idioms
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Phrasal Verbs
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
Have permission to leave a place where you were kept, usually after being arrested or accused
Compounds
- Formal
The right to say what you think in public without the government stopping you
- Archaic
Countries with non-communist governments that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- Specialized
An area near a port where companies store goods for export without paying customs duties
A system where private businesses compete and the market sets prices with little government control
- Informal
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- Literature
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Specialized
A computer program with its code available that you can use, change, and share without paying
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- NSFW
Sex between people who are not married, often part of a belief in sexual freedom
- Specialized
A small unstable atom or molecule that can damage body cells by reacting with them
A person who sells their work to different companies or people without a long contract
A belief in religious ideas based on reason and facts rather than on tradition or leaders
- Specialized
A kick given to a team after the other team breaks a rule, taken without nearby opponents
- Archaic
A state where laws did not allow people to own slaves before the American Civil War
A person who supports trade between countries without import taxes or other barriers
A way of eating that avoids foods with gluten for people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance
- Specialized
A way of saying the first thought that comes to your mind to find hidden feelings
Supporting a system where private businesses compete with little government control
- Specialized
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
An electron not attached to an atom that can move freely and carry electricity
Armed forces and political movement led by Charles de Gaulle who resisted German occupation in World War II
- Specialized
A living thing that lives on its own and not on another animal or plant
- Formal
A way of running an economy that lets businesses compete with little government control
- Formal
An official act that forgives someone for a crime and ends their legal punishments
A small bat that flies fast, eats insects, and has a tail sticking out past the skin between its wings
- Archaic
Of states or territories in the United States that did not allow slavery before the Civil War
A former province in central South Africa settled by Dutch farmers, renamed Free State in 1997
A former 19th century US party that opposed slavery spreading into western lands
- Specialized
A thin metal tongue that vibrates in a slot to make sound in harmonicas or accordions
- Specialized
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Free in the sense of making information available keeps the idea of removing limits or restrictions, like opening a door. So to free documents is to let them be used or seen after they were held back.