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sets free

sets free is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set free.

Meaning of set free

Verb

set free (third-person singular simple present sets free, present participle setting free, simple past and past participle set free)

  1. (transitive) To release, to free, to give freedom to.
    • "Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife."1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 36, in The Moon Out Of Reach

Questions about sets free

What is sets free the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets free is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set free.

Words near sets free in the dictionary

  1. sets fire upon
  2. sets foot
  3. sets forth
  4. sets forward
  5. sets forwards
  6. sets free
  7. sets in
  8. sets in motion
  9. sets in stone
  10. sets in train
  11. sets light

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