emancipate someone from someone or something

emancipate someone from someone or something
emancipate someone from someone or something
to free someone from someone or something. •

The president emancipated the slaves from their bondage.

The planter emancipated Fred from slavery long before the law was written.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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