give (one) (one's) head



give (one) (one's) head

To let one do as one wishes; to grant one more freedom. I'm so glad my parents gave me my head—now, I can finally stay out until midnight on the weekends! I'm giving you your head on this project, and I hope to see some real innovation with it.
See also: give, head

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aneirin-Welsh
RamŪNas-Lithuanian
Dara (1)-Irish
NahumNAY-əm (English), NAY-həm (English)Biblical
DinoDEE-no (Italian)Italian, Croatian
Sunitha-Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam