for free
450
1.0
- idiom
- /fɔr fri/
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gratis
- You can access a wide range of online courses for free, enhancing your skills without any cost.
- download for free
- get for free
- available for free
Go do it if you want things for free, FREE.
- Go do it if you want things for free, FREE.
- And I worked for her for two years for free, for free.
- All of that is available online for free to you as well.
- So guys like myself get money for free, no interest rates.
- Y'all can join the private podcast for free for seven days.
Examples
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You can download software on the Internet for free and do this.
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Most importantly, it will be available for free at the Microsoft website, maybe late this summer.
Academic text (2000) -
Just send it to me for free please.
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All of that is available online for free to you as well.
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We'll get your first two months for free, so go check it out now.
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Go check it out for free at askmh.com.
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You can open a found account for free at found.com.
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You can go and try this for free at askmh.com.
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I can't believe you get to see the pictures every day for free.
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Y'all can join the private podcast for free for seven days.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not costing any money
49
3.4
Free for customers or guests to have
39
1.2
You do not have to pay for it
2
6.3
You get it without paying any money
1
3.5
Free to get or use without paying
An item or service that is given without payment
How Expensive
1
2.7
450
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'without needing to pay' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'for' with 'free' (free = without charge), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the phrase meaning. This is a common, compositional adverbial pattern in English (and paralleled in many languages), making it immediately comprehensible rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
The phrase for free comes from simple shop scenes: a shopkeeper would hand a product for a customer and say it is free, meaning no money is taken. So, for free means 'without needing to pay'.