Definition of free rein
: unrestricted liberty of action or decision
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Citi Bike will still have free rein of its territory in Manhattan and nearby neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens.
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Mike Scioscia is giving him free rein on the basepaths, and Trout is taking full advantage.
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Time spent on marketing is never wasted, and downtime means time to give your creativity free rein.
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At Google, this free rein, in 2016, resulted in a video entitled The Selfish Ledger, which was leaked to the Verge earlier this month.
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On top of that, they have been given free rein over their professional standards.
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And at companies where designers are held in high regard, they are often given a bit more free rein to indulge their imaginations rather than simply creating the next product.
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Daley, in particular, had free rein in Springfield—witness the legislation that enabled him to plow over 10 percent of suburban Bensenville to expand O’Hare.
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Additional easing, like giving foreign securities firms freer rein to enter new businesses, will follow by year-end.
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First Known Use of free rein
1640
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