free hand

NOUN

freedom to act and make decisions

Synonyms

WEAK

carte blanche free choice free course free play free scope free will freedom full scope independence latitude leeway liberty one's choice one's discretion one's initiative

Example Sentences

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He plucks out a blade of grass with his free hand and spins it between the pads of his thumb and index finger.

From Literature

With her free hand, she beckons me closer.

From Literature

I tugged back with my free hand to let him know I was all right.

From Literature

I took his free hand in mine, tracing his fingers, brushing my thumbs over his calluses.

From Literature

"So I tried to take a pretty free hand with it and kind of plow my own furrow."

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