free up

空ける、余裕を作る

物を片付けたり予定を変えたりして、使える場所や時間を作ること。

やさしい英語で： To make space or time available by removing things or changing plans.

• Delete old photos to free up space.
• I cancelled a meeting to free up some time.
• Selling the sofa freed up room for a desk.

使い方： free something up for something (I freed an hour up for the meeting.)

類義語： make available, clear

反対語： use up, take up

よく使う表現： free up some space, free up some time, free up a morning

手を空ける、使えるようにする

人やお金などを、別の仕事や目的に使えるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To make a person, money, or other resource available for a new task or purpose.

• This change will free up two workers.
• The new software freed her up to help customers.
• Can we free up more money for training?

使い方： free someone up to do something (The assistant freed me up to focus on teaching.); free something up for something (The cuts freed up money for repairs.)

類義語： make available, release

反対語： tie up

よく使う表現： free up more staff, free up some funds, free up extra resources