make free with
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Travers retained the right to pull the plug during development, and long after she’d lost the power to set terms, she continued to make free with her disapproval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
“One could make free with others’ possessions then, because one would always be able to replace them, if necessary.”
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2014
Some make free with great names, sign themselves "Napoleon," "George Washington," "Calvin Coolidge."
From Time Magazine Archive
They make free with George's flat, his booze and his good name.
From Time Magazine Archive
Surely a girl of Joan's age might be doing something better than giving encouragement to every crack-brained young fool to make free with her name!
From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
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