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
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
At the Republican National Convention, Trump said: "Your vote will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens."
From Salon
“Your vote will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, and agitators, and criminals,” Trump warned in his acceptance speech.
From New York Times
They will “give free rein to violent anarchists and agitators and criminals.”
From Washington Post
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