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Free call about quote blocked by secretary (10)

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emancipate

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'free' is the definition.
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'call about quote blocked by secretary' is the wordplay.
'call about' becomes 'eman' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'quote' becomes 'cite' (synonyms).
'blocked by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (block can mean to plug a gap in something).
'secretary' becomes 'PA' (abbreviation for personal assistant).
'cite' enclosing 'pa' is 'cipate'.
'eman'+'cipate'='EMANCIPATE'

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(Other definitions for emancipate that I've seen before include "Set free" , "Free from slavery" , "setting free" , "release" , "Liberate" .)

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