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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 “an army of far-right Christians†and attack “the very foundations of free, secular education.â€
“The decision doesn’t mean that we will give free rein to infections,†he said.
More troubling than apparently unintended irony is that Akpan’s stratagem doesn’t 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’s commentary comes after President Donald Trump said while laying out his case for reelection that a Joe Biden presidency would “give free rein to violent anarchists,†a contention that Biden has disputed.
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