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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Free up?

Free up = ?

Context:

Windows Registry: ensures system stability, configuration and performance is optimal.
Device Driver Cleanup: frees up hard disk space and boosts system performance by removing device drivers that are no longer in use.
Startup Program Optimization: removes unncessary programs being loaded at startup to allow for faster system booting.
  

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"frees up" = the opposite of "freeze up" "free up" = cause to become available for use; make available; make usable "free up" = unjam, unstick, release; restore the free movement of The employees are overworked, but we should be able to free up their time by taking them off the system control project. Something has got caught in the gears, causing the machine to freeze up, but if the mechanic frees up the gears, the machine will run smoothly again.

— CalifJim

  • "frees up" = the opposite of "freeze up" "free up" = cause to become available for use; make available; make usable "free up" = unjam, unstick, release; restore the free movement of The employees are overworked, but we should be able to free up their time by taking them off the system control project.
  • Something has got caught in the gears, causing the machine to freeze up, but if the mechanic frees up the gears, the machine will run smoothly again.
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"frees up" = the opposite of "freeze up" Emotion: smile

"free up" = cause to become available for use; make available; make usable
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I'd say CJ's first offering,

"free up" = cause to become available for use; make available; make usable ,

for Jobb's example.
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