set at large
Example Sentences
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On the 21st of October, Matthieu is set at large, and is at liberty to go to Flamin,–he has begged the favor for himself–to announce to him his freedom and promotion at once....
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
So all are pardoned, and all set at large.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
And no sooner is the vixen set at large than—presto!—away she goes, bag and baggage, out of the country, and not a man in England has seen hide nor hair of her since.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
And thereby for to set at large that Queen whom I did name, Who always in her treacherous mind, doth nought but mischief frame.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Oh, such times!" he muttered in his beard; "here's this young upstart coming home, and teaches me that such dogs as I put in fetters are better set at large!
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
