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To take advantage of (someone); to treat (someone) with too much familiarity, take liberties with (someone or something)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1817, The Trial Between Mark Browne, Esq. and Martin Jos. Blake, Esq. for Adultery, London: John Fairburn, https://books.google.ca/books?id=kC1DAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Mr. Browne [...] protested he had never made free with any woman but his wife, since his marriage.
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To exploit (something), use freely, use to one's own advantage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To take (something) freely, help oneself to
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1767, Isaac Bickerstaffe, Love in a Village, Act I, Scene II, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZdZZAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false [...] 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: [...]
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