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Phrase(s): take liberties with someone or something [and] make free with someone or something
to freely use or abuse someone or something. • You are overly familiar with me, Mr. Jones. One might think you were taking liberties with me. • I don’t like it when you make free with my lawn mower. You should at least ask when you want to borrow it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs