Free and Handcuffed

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Free verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).

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Handcuffed is an antonym for free.

Nearby Words: freely, freed

Handcuffed adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.

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Free is an antonym for handcuffed in hamper topic.

Nearby Words: handcuff, handcuffing

Rugrats: Angelica and Chuckie accidentally get handcuffed together and lose the key; They eventually find the key and get free, but then Angelica gets handcuffed to her own bed.

Source: Chained Heat / Western Animation
Enemy Rising Behind: As the handcuffed Jack struggles to get free, the Kraken emerges from the sea in all its glory for the first time.

Source: Film / Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Both times he ends up with his hands either tied or handcuffed behind his back, and he has to talk other people into setting him free.

Source: Distressed Dude

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