FREE HAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does free hand mean? • FREE HAND (noun)
The noun FREE HAND has 1 sense:
1. freedom to do as you see fit
Familiarity information: FREE HAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FREE HAND (noun)
Meaning:
Freedom to do as you see fit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
blank check; free hand
Context example:
many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack
Hypernyms ("free hand" is a kind of...):
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
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