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free hand en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) Synonym of free rein.
"Since I've been here, I've been given a fairly free hand by the GCR board to get on with things, properly understand the organisation from a different perspective, and develop a new business plan for the future," he tells RAIL.
2023 August 23, Malcom Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, hand.
Wreck divers as well as night divers and cave divers have found that having a light or lights mounted on their head allows the divers to have free hands while being able to see.
1991, Daniel Berg, Shipwreck Diving, page 26:
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free rein