home free

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: hōm frē, IPA(key): /ˌhəʊm ˈfɹiː/
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Adjective

home free (not comparable)

  1. Able to reach a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.
    If we can complete these last two projects, we'll be home free.
    • 1979 April 28, Warren Blumenfeld, “BU Professors Drop Anti-Bias Policy”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      Just because a clause protecting sexual minorities is not in the contract, that doesn't mean that the administration is home free to discriminate.

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