make free with

短语

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To take advantage of (someone); to treat (someone) with too much familiarity, take liberties with (someone or something)

    Mr. Browne […] protested he had never made free with any woman but his wife, since his marriage.

  2. 2.

    To exploit (something), use freely, use to one's own advantage

  3. 3.

    To take (something) freely, help oneself to

    I left my father's house unknown to any one, having made free with a coat and jacket of our gardener's which fitted me, by way of disguise: […]