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set at liberty; unloose; unloosen; uncage (Anglophile); set at large; disincarcerate; set free (set someone or something free (from something): to release someone or something from something. The commando set the secret agent free from the prison. Who set the chickens free from their pens? At last, he set himself free from the inhibitions that held him back. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002. To release, to free, to give freedom to. 1921, Margaret Pedler, The Moon Out Of Reach, ch. 36: "Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife." WT Alexander Demidov); free |
