free up
English
editVerb
editfree up (third-person singular simple present frees up, present participle freeing up, simple past and past participle freed up)
- (transitive) To make (space or time) available.
- Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.
- You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files.
- If you're coming to visit for the weekend, I'll free up Saturday for you.
- 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22:
- 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.
Translations
editto make (space or time) available
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