free rein

Matthew liked to join us at the dinner table, where he had free rein.

This self-dealing creates a quagmire inside the proton, giving gluons free rein to arise, proliferate and split into short-lived quark-antiquark pairs.

The game then gives you free rein to tackle a number of objectives beyond getting to know the Anglo Saxons of England.

They’re given free rein to grow, but the expectation is that they’ll provide a return on investment.

For their first few decades, they were pretty much given free rein.

Kim Jong Un, who assumed power on the death of his father, had given uncle Jang nearly free rein to handle relations with Beijing.

The auteurs of the world are no longer given free rein and are now beholden to certain financial imperatives.

Or will we once again, weeping with remorse, give free rein to the assassins of body and spirit?

The crowds in Taksim Square had free rein in the pre-dawn hours on Sunday.

Any progress made, however little, could soon unravel as the LRA are given free rein, once again, to do as they please.

Clemens allowed his exuberant fancy free rein, being under no restrictions as to the possibility of print or public offense.

And Mrs. Roberts gleefully assented, and gave free rein to her pretty tastes.

Once the hackberry was reached, the horses were given free rein, when restraint became necessary to avoid galloping home.

He was thrilled with joy at the thought, and gave free rein to the emotions of his heart.

It is by giving free rein to folly, in conversation and action, that people expose themselves to contempt and ridicule.