free up en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To make (space or time) available.
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:Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.
You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files.
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(transitive) To make (a person or resource) available.
Retiring from work freed me up to write a novel.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frees up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| freeing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| freed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| freed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
pl oswobodzić (to make (space or time) available) · hu felszabadít (to make (space or time) available) · de die Mögliichkkeit geben (to make (space or time) available) · ru освободи́ть (to make (space or time) available) · sv frigöra (to make (space or time) available) · de frei machen (to make (space or time) available) · es desocupar (to make (space or time) available) · de befreien (to make (space or time) available) · de ermöglichen (to make (space or time) available) · ru вы́свободить (to make (space or time) available) · fi vapauttaa (to make (space or time) available) · tr yer açmak (to make (space or time) available) · es desalojar (to make (space or time) available) · de frei halten (to make (space or time) available)