Set Free (Verb)
Meaning
Grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The protesters called for the government to set the wrongly accused man free.
- After five years, the ruler finally decided to set free all the prisoners of war.
- The charity organization worked tirelessly to set free the young girl sold into slavery.
- The judge decided to set the wrongly convicted woman free after reviewing the evidence.
- Her husband had passed away, so she decided to set her birds free in his memory.