a free hand

: having the legal and political rights of a citizen

: enjoying civil and political liberty

: enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination

: to cause to be free

: to relieve or rid of what restrains, confines, restricts, or embarrasses

: disentangle, clear

: in a free manner

: without charge

: with the wind more than six points from dead ahead

: the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ : the body part at the end of the arm of a human, ape, or monkey

: the forelimb segment (such as the terminal section of a bird's wing) of a vertebrate higher than the fishes that corresponds to the hand irrespective of its form or functional specialization

: a part serving the function of or resembling a hand: such as

: with the hands rather than by machine

: to touch or manage with the hands

: furl

: to lead, guide, or assist with the hand