feel free
English
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Verb
[edit]feel free (third-person singular simple present feels free, present participle feeling free, simple past and past participle felt free)
- (idiomatic, with to-infinitive) To feel able without giving offense.
- The co-pilot didn't feel free to speak up to the pilot in the cockpit.
- (as imperative, with to-infinitive) You have my permission.
- While you're babysitting, feel free to open anything in the spirit cupboard.
- 2008 August 4, en, quoting Christopher Clarey, “Beijing 2008 part one: The games through different lenses”, in The New York Times (Sports section)[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 December 2025:
- Throughout the week, please feel free to share your view of the Games and our discussion in our comments section. I'll be checking in regularly. Until then, thanks to all or, more appropriately, xiexie.
- (as imperative, in response) You have my permission.
- "Can I take a look at the draft you've prepared?" / "Feel free."
Synonyms
[edit]- (as imperative, in response): be my guest
Translations
[edit]idiomatic, with to-infinitive
as imperative, with to-infinitive
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as imperative, in response
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