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home free

UK/ˌhəʊm ˈfɹiː/

home free adjective: able to reach a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.

Adjective

home free (not comparable)

  1. Able to reach a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.
    • If we can complete these last two projects, we'll be home free.
    • Just because a clause protecting sexual minorities is not in the contract, that doesn't mean that the administration is home free to discriminate.1979 April 28, Warren Blumenfeld, “BU Professors Drop Anti-Bias Policy”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Questions about home free

What does home free mean?
Home free means able to reach a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.
What part of speech is home free?
Home free is an adjective.
How do you pronounce home free?
Home free is pronounced /ˌhəʊm ˈfɹiː/ (UK).

Words near home free in the dictionary

  1. home field
  2. home field advantage
  3. home for the aged
  4. home forties
  5. home forty
  6. home free
  7. home fries
  8. home from home
  9. home front
  10. home fronts
  11. home fry

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