rent free

Without housing payments

Rent free means without payment of rent: She's living rent free in her parents' basement.

The figurative sense describes someone or something occupying your thoughts without earning that mental space: He's been living rent free in my head since the breakup.

The phrase suggests the irritating person isn't worth the attention they're getting.

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real estate · housing · gratis · complimentary · no strings attached · squatter · occupy · mind · head · living · thoughts · obsession · dwelling · unpaid · charge · in my head · mental · haunting

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cost of occupancy

rent freerented

Paid for temporary use

leased · paying rent · for rent · tenanted · commercial lease

financial burden

rent freepaying rent

rented · leased · costly · expensive · overpriced

mental occupancy (idiomatic)

rent freepaying rent

forgotten · out of mind · dismissed · unbothered · over it

Family

rent, free, rents, rented, renting, rental, rentals, renter, renters

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G