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freeing up

freeing up is the present participle and gerund of free up.

Meaning of free up

Verb

free up (third-person singular simple present frees up, present participle freeing up, simple past and past participle freed up)

  1. (transitive) To make (space or time) available.
    • Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.
  2. (transitive) To make (a person or resource) available.
    • Retiring from work freed me up to write a novel.

Questions about freeing up

What is freeing up the present participle and gerund of?
Freeing up is the present participle and gerund of free up.

Words near freeing up in the dictionary

  1. freehood
  2. freehoods
  3. freehub
  4. freehubs
  5. freeing
  6. freeing up
  7. freeingly
  8. freeings
  9. freeish
  10. freekah
  11. freekeh

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