give a free hand

give somebody a free hand

to allow someone to do whatever they think is necessary in a particular situation (often + to do sth) His manager had given him a free hand to make whatever changes he felt necessary.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Euripides	yoo-RIP-i-deez (English)	Ancient Greek
Vedat	-	Turkish
Magomet	-	Dagestani, Chechen, Ingush
Vidar	VEE-dahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
JaromÍR	-	Czech
Johanna	yo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman