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be tied down
less restricted by responsibilities
If you feel less tied down, you have fewer responsibilities or commitments limiting your choices.
Hear it in real life
Are you travelling more these days?
Yes, I feel less tied down than I used to.
Now that my children are adults, I feel less tied down.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I feel less tied down from my responsibilities now.
Say: I feel less tied down by my responsibilities now.
Use by to introduce the responsibilities that restrict you.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
feel less tied down; be less tied down by something
Your turn: say it out loud
Now that my children are adults, I feel less tied down.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be tied down
less restricted by responsibilities
“Now that my children are adults, I feel less tied down.”
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