Free lager distributed after a time (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
at large
'free' is the definition.
('at large' can be similar in meaning to 'free')
'lager distributed after a time' is the wordplay.
'distributed' is an anagram indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 't'.
'lager' with letters rearranged gives 'large'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'large' after 'at' is 'AT-LARGE'.
(Other definitions for at large that I've seen before include "Not confined, like escaped prisoner" , "Roaming freely" , "At liberty, escaped" , "Escaped; as a whole" , "awaiting capture" .)