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(Definition of (as) free as a bird from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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(as) clear as day idiom
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(as) clear as mud idiom
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(as) cool as a cucumber idiom
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(as) deaf as a post idiom
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(as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- (as) free as a bird idiom
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(as) keen as mustard idiom
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(as) large as life idiom
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(as) light as a feather idiom
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(as) long as your arm idiom
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(as) mad as a hatter/March hare idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Freedom to act
Synonyms and related words:
- at will idiom
- autonomous adjective
- autonomy noun
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- be your own master idiom
- free agent noun
- free country noun
- free hand noun
- free rein idiom
- free-form adjective
- liberated adjective
- liberating adjective
- liberation noun
- libertarian noun
- licence noun
- self-inflicted adjective
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- think for yourself phrasal verb
- unaccountable adjective (NOT RESPONSIBLE)
- unfettered adjective
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