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free and clear

Idioms  
  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]


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“One that we think is strongly worth considering is spinning out Venmo from PayPal. Venmo with its own budget, free and clear of the bureaucracy at PayPal — to us, that would be interesting.”

From MarketWatch

“One that we think is strongly worth considering is spinning out Venmo from PayPal. Venmo with its own budget, free and clear of the bureaucracy at PayPal — to us, that would be interesting.”

From MarketWatch

Anyone who has watched “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” could understand what Addison meant: She is choosing to be free and clear, to have every choice in front of her, to actualize without apology.

From Salon

I own my home free and clear and have no other debt at all.

From MarketWatch

A significant chunk of homeowners don’t even have a mortgage: About 40% of homes in the U.S. are owned free and clear, according to analysis of Census Bureau data by Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo.

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