shut (of)

as in freed
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful I cannot wait to be shut of this social obligation

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Adjective
  • So the fact that Xbox games are now free to land on any platform might be a harbinger of things to come, and this could give Microsoft a foundational head-start in the race toward a different future.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • There’s no guarantee the barrier plans will keep the carp from lakes, which already have some freshwater common European carp, also an invasive species, swimming free.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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  • In fact, many members of the crew have been involved in repairing the homes of their protagonists; and an all-filmmakers volunteer team has even opened a charitable foundation that raises outside money and brings in materials to rebuild liberated villages.
    Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
  • The effect, which spoke to a different part of my brain than is usually accessed in the theater, communicated something profound about gender politics — and not in intellectual abstractions but in the liberated movement of defiant bodies and souls.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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“Shut (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20%28of%29. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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