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go free Fur Trade, Hist. 
become a freeman (def. 1).
See also: freeman (def. 1)
- 1832 (1939) He was "allowed to go free," in the phrase of the time, on June 1, 1832.
- 1913 "It was the fixed policy of the Company whenever any of their employees 'went free' and then started as 'free-traders',--to put forth even greater exertions to crush their competition than was the case against any other of their opponents."
- 1832 (1939) He was "allowed to go free," in the phrase of the time, on June 1, 1832.