free up
verb1
To make (space or time) available.
- Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.
- You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files.
2 more examples
- If you're coming to visit for the weekend, I'll free up Saturday for you.
- It is understood that the reason for SWR accepting the 42 trains without them being ready for service was to free up space at the Derby depot and to protect cash flow.2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22:
2
To make (a person or resource) available.
- Retiring from work freed me up to write a novel.