give free rein to
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“The decision doesn’t mean that we will give free rein to infections,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022
More troubling than apparently unintended irony is that Akpan’s stratagem doesn’t imbue him with enough confidence to give free rein to that historical war story in any of the fictionalized iterations with which he toys.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021
Its simplicity is what makes it special Like Shadow after it, Ico asks you to give free rein to emotion.
From The Verge • Dec. 2, 2019
Szarkowski had always been a distinctive stylist, but this format enabled him to give free rein to his talents as a writer, which were usually securely tethered by curatorial obligation.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018
When the old woman was laid away in Woodlawn beside her husband, Addie could give free rein to her fancies, untroubled by the darts of the realist.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
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