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be footloose and fancy-free

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be footloose and fancy-free

To be free of responsibilities, including romantic commitments (a fact that is often highlighted when this phrase is used). I love being a single woman, so I intend to be footloose and fancy-free for a long time. Now that I have a family and a mortgage, I miss being footloose and fancy-free.

See also: and, footloose

be footloose and fancy-free

  (old-fashioned)

if someone is footloose and fancy-free, they can do what they want because they are not married or do not have many responsibilities Jane's planning to go to parties and clubs every night now that she's footloose and fancy-free.

See also: and, footloose