free and clear

1. 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

Your stepdaughter may not be free and clear of her estranged husband’s credit-card debt even though he has signed a notarized affidavit to say he is solely responsible for this debt.

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I’ve owned my home free and clear since 2008.

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Now that she’s free and clear, it’s Milioti’s time to shine.

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"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.

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Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust found Drew O’Connor, who was free and clear to blast a shot over Daccord’s glove.

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