set free
verb1
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:
- Send it, send it / Just like it came to me / I'm gonna set it free / Send it, send it / You've got to let it go / Open up a window1977, Ashford & Simpson, “Send It”, in Send It:
- Synonyms
- befree, enfranchise, let loose, set loose, turn loose