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Meanings of free agent in English

Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly.

Usage of free agent in English
1
Clark, an undrafted free agent, recently was promoted from the practice squad.
Reuters
2
We can't unleash it on the far side as a free agent.
Schild’s Ladder
3
He was signed by Indianapolis as a free agent in April 2013.
Reuters
4
In other moves, the Mercury signed free agent Bria Hartley on Wednesday.
Chicago sun times
5
Arsenal did not want to lose him as a Bosman free agent.
The Guardian
6
He originally signed with Indianapolis as a free agent on Aug. 23.
Reuters
7
Ham was a free agent; it was an act of his own.
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery
8
Now, he finds himself in limbo once again as a free agent.
The South African
9
He was a free agent in a new great conflict of force.
The Masques of Ottawa
10
However, in a matter like this I am not a free agent.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
11
But his mother who was a free agent had willed it otherwise.
Orley Farm
12
Next year's would-be biggest free agent is getting signed before Bryce Harper.
News.com.au
13
He was no longer a free agent but a plaything of circumstance.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
14
But as I was saying, no one to-day is a free agent.
The Iron Heel
15
You are a free agent, or you could not be here now.
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
16
Margaret is apparently a free agent, and she has married this man.
The Magician
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Free agent through the time
Free agent across language varieties
Australia
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South Africa
Common
United States of America
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