āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
for free
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01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ā§, āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋ
at no cost to the person receiving something
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We got tickets to the concert for free through a radio giveaway.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
1.1
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ā§, āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋ
used to strongly emphasize the certainty of what one is saying, especially in stating the obvious
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
You keep trusting him, but he 'll let you down; I 'm telling you that for free.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
