Sentence examples for free rein in from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Free rein.

If someone has a free rein, they have the authority to make the decisions they want without any restrictions.

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The Supreme Court enjoys all but free rein in selecting which cases to review.

Picasso, an admirer of Mr. Beyeler's catalogs, welcomed him as a visitor and allowed him free rein in selecting works to sell and exhibit.

Sather may have free rein in hockey operations.

As a result, the army is given free rein in the conflict.

Up until now, insurgents have had free rein in vast areas of southern Afghanistan.

Nonetheless, dramatic motivation is not given free rein in this version.

"The enemy essentially had free rein in here," Colonel Rago said.

In recent years, investors' enthusiasm for high-yield products has allowed borrowers free rein in the debt markets.

Students don't get tours; rather, they have a forty-five-minute classroom lesson followed by free rein in the museum.

He favours an "open and resilient financial system" – code for giving the banks free rein in global capital markets.

I do not believe that the Constitution gives the law school such free rein in the use of race.

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