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

:  to deal with

:  furl