A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
free of something
—(also: free from something ) not affected by
smth.; without smth.: They agreed to certify that every ship-
ment [of beef ] was free of mad cow disease.
free ride • free trip
free ride —(coll.) participation without contributing any-
thing: You’ve had a free ride long enough. You have to do
your share of the work now.
free trip —(Drug users) an “echo” or a “flashback” of an
L.S.D. experience: The kid got a free trip, and it scared her
to death.
free someone from something • make someone
free of something
free someone from something —
1
. rid a person from smth.
for one
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undesirable: He was determined to free the child from the
stultifying effects of the formal classroom, with its fixation on
discipline. 2. release a person from some physical hindrance:
As soon as they arrived the colonel took the old man in his
office after ordering to free him from the ropes.
make someone free of something —
1
. give a person permission
to make free use of smth. one owns: Miss Tyler made him free
of her house till his own eccentricities, and her wrath at his
marriage, drove him out. 2. = free someone from something 
1
: I
know that the management is mostly to blame for scheduling
and everything, but that doesn’t make him free of responsi-
bility.
freeze someone out • put the freeze on someone
freeze someone out—(coll.) exclude a person from business,
etc. by severe competition: They can bring a stock down to
the lowest point, thus “freezing out” the unhappy stockhold-
ers.
put the freeze on someone —(U.S. sl.) ignore a person; end
social contact with smb. (also: put the chill on someone): Let’s
put the freeze on Ted until he starts acting better.