Freed up vs Free

Both 'freed up' and 'free' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Freed up' is used to indicate that something has been made available or released, while 'free' is used to describe something that is not restricted or constrained.

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Freed up

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something has been made available or released.

Use 'freed up' when you want to convey that something has been made available or released, such as time, resources, or space.

Examples:

I freed up some time in my schedule to attend the meeting.
She freed up some space in the closet by organizing her clothes.
The new software freed up valuable resources for the company.
Can you free up some funds for this project?
The traffic jam finally freed up, and we were able to continue our journey.

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Really freed up some real estate.
It's like it's freed up my brain to focus on the quest.
The possibility of developing different services in all parts of the spectrum must be freed up.
A draft deal with Member States on how best to reallocate radio spectrum frequencies freed up by the switch from analogue to digital TV to new uses, such as wireless broadband services, will be put to a vote on Wednesday.
Scorpion's flameout freed up funding for certain pet projects, but this is all you're doing, Gallo.
Firstly, once we have freed up the process by means of the agreement that today's debate represents, what we have to do is get to work.
Look on the bright side: your Saturday night's freed up.
Firstly, it is proposed that spectrum which is freed up by digitalisation should be allocated according to EU rules.
Since you freed up my afternoon, I'm taking the rest of the day off.
If certain frequencies are freed up without conditions on the service or technology to be used then it will be necessary to define the responsibilities of the new holders very rigorously in order to avoid users of neighbouring bands suffering from interference.
Regarding major projects, it is my turn to ask you not to be too hard on us because EUR 5 billion have been freed up by the President of the Commission.
I am convinced that this mechanism will enable us to provide help if we do not first withdraw the money from other farmers, but rather use the resources that have been freed up by the abolition of the market support measures.
In addition, the capital that is freed up as a result of the lower power bills releases a major potential for consumption which, furthermore, can contribute to our economic growth in the long term.
Public airways, which are in short supply, will be freed up and that is badly needed if we are to meet the demand for ever more and ever faster wireless Internet connections.
It is nevertheless the case that not a penny more than what was allocated before the storm will now be freed up to demonstrate practical, active solidarity.
The frequency bands which will be freed up through the switchover to digital television - the so-called digital dividend - should also be available for mobile broadband services, which in particular can close gaps in rural areas.
The Netherlands, my native country, which I and the other Dutch MEPs have a mandate to represent here, is ready for it; we have already freed up space for the fourth generation mobile Internet.
Bands already designated by the Commission should be freed up by 1 January 2012, according to the Commission's proposal.
In 2004 and 2005, IFB freed up around EUR 2,7 million by lowering its working capital requirement (section B..3),
In 2004 and 2005, IFB freed up around EUR 2,7 million by lowering its working capital requirement (section B.2.3),

Alternatives:

made available
released
cleared up
opened up
liberated

Free

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe something that is not restricted or constrained.

Use 'free' to describe something that is not restricted or constrained, such as time, resources, or space.