get free
Slip the bonds
Get free means to escape confinement or constraint.
A prisoner gets free from jail, an animal gets free from a trap, a person gets free of a toxic relationship.
The phrase emphasizes the transition from restriction to liberty: She finally got free of her debt.
In casual use, getting free can simply mean becoming available: Let me know when you get free.
- let goCease holding something
- let it goCease fixating on something
- break outTo suddenly emerge or escape
- escapeFlight from captivity
- liberateSet free from captivity
flee · break loose · cut loose · release · emancipate · disentangle · unshackle · extricate · complimentary · unburden · giveaway · gratis · on the house · no strings attached · freebie · break away · slip away · catharsis