free hand
Example Sentences
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My free hand dangles close enough to touch the sand.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Investors shouldn’t draw their lessons from the relatively free hand government allowed today’s internet giants, from Google and Facebook to Amazon and Netflix, which began as startups and grew into titans of the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"So I tried to take a pretty free hand with it and kind of plow my own furrow."
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The Thai air force has had a free hand bombing targets inside Cambodia, which has limited air defences and no air force of its own to speak of.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
I hold my free hand out to Taylor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
