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give free rein to
Idioms and Phrases
see under free hand .Example Sentences
On education, the incoming Trump Administration hopes to give free rein to 鈥渁n army of far-right Christians鈥 and attack 鈥渢he very foundations of free, secular education.鈥
鈥淭he decision doesn鈥檛 mean that we will give free rein to infections,鈥 he said.
More troubling than apparently unintended irony is that Akpan鈥檚 stratagem doesn鈥檛 imbue him with enough confidence to give free rein to that historical war story in any of the fictionalized iterations with which he toys.
"Miss governor, I think you've forgotten that you were elected by the people, therefore you work for the people. The title governor does not give free rein to force medical decisions upon us," he said.
Brown鈥檚 commentary comes after President Donald Trump said while laying out his case for reelection that a Joe Biden presidency would 鈥済ive free rein to violent anarchists,鈥 a contention that Biden has disputed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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