go free
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.
“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.”
Derived from Middle English gon free, which itself descends from the Old English gān frīġne.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.
Last updated August 10, 2026