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set someone or something free (from something)

to release someone or something from something. The commando set the secret agent free from the prison. Who set the chickens free from their pens? At last, he set himself free from the inhibitions that held him back.

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The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Fables by Aesop View in context Our author tells us in this book, as he has told us in others, more especially in The World Set Free, and as he has been telling us this year in his War and the Future, that if mankind goes on with war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context I have done with our performances forever; and I wish to be set free from everything which might accidentally connect me with them in the future. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context			set a trap set about set about doing set above set against set alarm bells ringing set apart set apart from set aside set at set back set back from set before set beside set down set down as set eyes on set face against set fire to set foot in set for set for life set forth set forth on set forward set free set great store by set heart against set heart on set hopes on set house in order set in set in a place set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels set one on feet			set foot in set foot in set foot in set foot on set foot on set foot on set foot on set for set for a later time Set for Life Set form set format set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth evidence set forth in a will set forth in words set forth on set forth the character of set forth the meaning set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward force set forward point set free set front side bus set function Set Functional Address set going set going again Set Graphics Rendition set grease soap set great store by Set Greater Than Unsigned Set Group Address Set Group ID set guidelines set gun Set hammer Set hammer set hand set hand set hand set hand set hand to the plough set hand to the plough set hand to the plow set hand to the plow set heart against set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set hopes on

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