make free

make free
1) (with smb., smth) позволять себе вольности, фамильярничать с кем-л.; вольно обращаться с кем-л. или чем-л

I understand that you told a friend of mine that I drink too much. If you continue making free with my reputation like that, I shall take steps to stop you. (SPI) — Насколько я понимаю, вы сказали моему другу, что я слишком много пью. Если вы будете и впредь так вольничать с моей репутацией, придется принять меры.

He didn't have any too nice a reputation when he was here before; made too free with the girls, he did. (R. Macaulay, ‘I Would Be Private’, Kenk) — Когда он раньше бывал здесь, его репутация отнюдь не была безупречной: он позволял себе вольности с девушками.

2) (with smth.) распоряжаться как своей собственностью

...the manufacturer for some ten minutes had been watching the Irish curate, as the latter made free with the punch. (Ch. Bronte, ‘Shirley’, ch. II) — ...несколько минут Мур молча наблюдал, как священник-ирландец расправляется с его пуншем.

The nephew made free with his uncle's money. — Племянник, не стесняясь, тратил деньги своего дяди.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • make free — index acquit, disengage, disenthrall, extricate, parole Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make free with — 1. To be familiar with or take liberties with 2. To help oneself liberally to • • • Main Entry: ↑free make free with see under ↑free • • • Main Entry: ↑make * * * treat without ceremony or proper respect …   Useful english dictionary

  • make free with something — british phrase to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you Don’t you think the owner will have something to say about your making free with his belongings? Thesaurus: to borrow somethingsynonym to use something,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • make free with something — make free with (something) to use something a lot, even when it does not belong to you. I won t have him in my house, making free with my whiskey …   New idioms dictionary

  • make free with — (something) to use something a lot, even when it does not belong to you. I won t have him in my house, making free with my whiskey …   New idioms dictionary

  • make free with — ► make free with treat without ceremony or proper respect. Main Entry: ↑free …   English terms dictionary

  • make free with — index assume (seize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make free with — {v.} 1. To take or use (things) without asking. * /Bob makes free with his roommate s clothes./ * /A student should not make free with his teacher s first name./ 2. To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way. * /The girls don t like Ted… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make free with — {v.} 1. To take or use (things) without asking. * /Bob makes free with his roommate s clothes./ * /A student should not make free with his teacher s first name./ 2. To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way. * /The girls don t like Ted… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ free\ with — v 1. To take or use (things) without asking. Bob makes free with his roommate s clothes. A student should not make free with his teacher s first name. 2. To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way. The girls don t like Ted because he makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make free — phrasal 1. : to adopt an unduly intimate or familiar manner if he makes free stop him 2. : to help oneself without restraint my roommate makes free with my neckties …   Useful english dictionary


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