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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1873 having no ties ; free to move about

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. free to go where or act as one pleases.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe someone as footloose, you mean that they have no responsibilities or commitments, and are therefore free to do what they want and go where they want. People that are single tend to be more footloose. ADJ 2. If you describe someone as footloose and fancy-free, you mean that they are not married or in a similar relationship, and you therefore consider them to have very few responsibilities or commitments. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR





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