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make free of

make free of verb: to use something that belongs to another person (often with permission).

Verb

make free of (third-person singular simple present makes free of, present participle making free of, simple past and past participle made free of)

  1. To use something that belongs to another person (often with permission)
    • The chickens and dogs were making free of the galleries, and the hogs wallowed in peaceful immunity underneath.1892, Grace E. King, “Bayou L'Ombre”, in S. T. Joshi, editor, Civil War Memories: Lost Tales of the Civil War, Thomas Nelson, published 2000
    • There she saw many mice making free of wheat and barley; six measures of barley they meted out to themselves to bring to their holes, until they had enough and to spare.1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Fables of a Jewish Aesop, translated by Moses Hadas, Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine, 2001, p. 110...

Forms of make free of

third-person singular presentmakes free of
present participlemaking free of
past participlemade free of
pastmade free of

Questions about make free of

What does make free of mean?
Make free of means to use something that belongs to another person (often with permission).
What part of speech is make free of?
Make free of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make free of?
The past tense of make free of is made free of.

Words near make free of in the dictionary

  1. make files
  2. make fish of one and flesh of another
  3. make fish of one and fowl of another
  4. make for
  5. make foul water
  6. make free of
  7. make free with
  8. make friendly
  9. make friends
  10. make fun of
  11. make game of

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