free and clear
idiom
: without owing any money
I've paid off my mortgage and now I own the property free and clear.
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For the time being, though, Charlie is indeed free and clear.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Title: Lenders will order a title search of the property to make sure the seller owns the place free and clear.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
The congregation’s non-profit corporation paid off the mortgage in 1960 and has owned the property free and clear since then, deeds and other records show.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Thus, next offseason, Alonso could also be a free and clear free agent without draft pick compensation attached.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Title: Lenders will order a title search of the property to make sure the seller owns the place free and clear.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
The congregation’s non-profit corporation paid off the mortgage in 1960 and has owned the property free and clear since then, deeds and other records show.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Thus, next offseason, Alonso could also be a free and clear free agent without draft pick compensation attached.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for free and clear
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“Free and clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20and%20clear. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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