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footloose and fancy free

footloose and fancy free adjective: able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.

Adjective

footloose and fancy free (comparative more footloose and fancy free, superlative most footloose and fancy free)

  1. Able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.
    • As long as I am a student, I will be footloose and fancy free.

Forms of footloose and fancy free

comparativemore footloose and fancy free
superlativemost footloose and fancy free
alternative formfootloose and fancy-free

Questions about footloose and fancy free

What does footloose and fancy free mean?
Footloose and fancy free means able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.
What part of speech is footloose and fancy free?
Footloose and fancy free is an adjective.

Words near footloose and fancy free in the dictionary

  1. footlog
  2. footlogs
  3. footlong
  4. footlongs
  5. footloose
  6. footloose and fancy free
  7. footloose and fancy-free
  8. footlooseness
  9. footly
  10. footmaker
  11. footmakers

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