Idiom
go free
Meaning
To go or travel where one wishes; to not be kept in custody or confinement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The judge decided to let the prisoner go free.”
“After the evidence proved he was innocent, the court allowed him to go free.”
“Following the sudden dismissal of all charges, the man was finally permitted to go free and return to his family after years of confinement.”
Examples
simple
“The judge decided to let the prisoner go free.”
contextual
“After the evidence proved he was innocent, the court allowed him to go free.”
complex
“Following the sudden dismissal of all charges, the man was finally permitted to go free and return to his family after years of confinement.”
Origin
Derived from Middle English gon free, which itself descends from the Old English gān frīġne.
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