Idiom
free hand
Meaning
Synonym of free rein.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My boss gave me a free hand with this project.”
“The director gave the designer a free hand to decorate the new office however she wanted.”
“By granting the architect a free hand, the committee allowed him to transform the historic building into a modern masterpiece.”
Examples
simple
“My boss gave me a free hand with this project.”
contextual
“The director gave the designer a free hand to decorate the new office however she wanted.”
complex
“By granting the architect a free hand, the committee allowed him to transform the historic building into a modern masterpiece.”
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