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free and clear
Idioms and Phrases
Without any legal encumbrance, such as a lien or mortgage. For example, After the mortgage was paid off they owned the house free and clear . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
"If Trump has $175M free and clear, why not just directly post it and not pay a fee for a surety bond?" former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust found Drew O’Connor, who was free and clear to blast a shot over Daccord’s glove.
They still aren’t free and clear, having played more games than most contenders they’re competing against.
The building and land are both owned free and clear, so you have $600,000 in value there.
It indicates that they are transferring title to another individual and that the seller owns the piece of property free and clear without any liens.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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