as in freed
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
I cannot wait to be shut of this social obligation
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In fact, many members of the crew have been involved in repairing the homes of their protagonists; and an all-filmmakers volunteer team has even opened a charitable foundation that raises outside money and brings in materials to rebuild liberated villages.—
Lauren Wissot,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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The effect, which spoke to a different part of my brain than is usually accessed in the theater, communicated something profound about gender politics — and not in intellectual abstractions but in the liberated movement of defiant bodies and souls.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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“Shut (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20%28of%29. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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