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go free

idiom
Meaning

To go or travel where one wishes; to not be kept in custody or confinement.


Origin

disputed origin

From Middle English gon free, from Old English gān frīġne.

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.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    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)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

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