Free European travel (4)

I believe the answer is:

ride

'travel' is the definition.
(eg to ride a bus)

'free european' is the wordplay.
'free' becomes 'rid' (to be free of something is to be rid of it).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'rid'+'e'='RIDE'

(Other definitions for ride that I've seen before include "Travel upon" , "badger" , "Journey on horseback" , "To control" , "Fairground entertainment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Times and The Daily Mail.

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