0 free to do what you like and go where you like because you have no responsibilities such as a family or a relationship
Angus had kept fancy-free up to that time, being willing enough but thoroughly cautious.
As he leaves the station he suddenly becomes aware of the fact that no one else has heard about his being fancy-free.
I'll soon be the only fancy-free maiden of our old quartet, thought Anne, drowsily.
It is not a loose and fancy-free way in which we have proceeded.
There is therefore no question of the industry being footloose and fancy-free to do as it likes.