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| give a blank cheque; give a blank; hand a blank check (An unlimited freedom of action.‘the elections did not hand the president a blank cheque to carry on as before' Bullfinch); offer carte blanche (Anglophile) | |||
| give free rein; give a free hand | |||
| give a blank check | |||
| hand a blank check (The director had a lot of creative freedom on this project; the film's backers essentially handed him a blank check. [=let him direct the film exactly the way he wanted to] VLZ_58) | |||
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| give free rein | |||
| give a free hand (z484z) | |||