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free agent

[free agent] {n.} A professional player who does not have a contract with a team. * /The Giants signed two free agents who had been released by the Cardinals./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Agent Orange

[Agent Orange] {n.} A herbicide used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, considered by some to cause birth defects and cancer, hence, by extension, an instance of "technological progress […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on one's own account

[on one's own account] or {informal} [on one's own hook] {adv. phr.} 1. For yourself; as a free agent; independently. * /After they had picked out the class gift, members […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

honest broker

[honest broker] {n. phr.} A person hired or appointed to act as an agent in a legal, business, or political situation where impartial advice is needed in order to settle […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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