| 单词 | to have one's hands free |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's hands free P5. to have a free hand (also to have one's hands free): to have the freedom to act completely at one's own discretion. Also with a free hand, with one's hands free; similarly to give a free hand. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > have freedom of action [verb (intransitive)] to have one's forth1362 to have waya1616 to have a free hand1838 to have one's hands free1838 1838 Times 5 Jan. 6/2 If..Lord Mulgrave had been sent out to Canada with his hands free, and with unfettered power to carry into effect his own wise and benevolent views. 1848 tr. C. F. Allen On Nationality & Lang. Duchy of Sleswick v. 43 A man, who ex gratia majorum had a free hand in almost every thing in the jurisdiction of Flensborg. 1855 Which: Right, or Left? xxviii. 462 But how much do you want? Don't say too much, to frighten me, nor yet too little, to restrict yourself from operating with a free hand! 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiv. 328 Harold thus had his hands free. 1890 J. Corbett Sir F. Drake ix. 117 He was given a free hand to act against the East and West India convoys. 1937 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 189 35/2 Giving appointing officers a free hand in naming provisionals. 1947 R. Chandler Let. 2 Oct. (1966) 116 It is ludicrous to suggest that any writer in Hollywood, however obstreperous, has a ‘free hand’ with a script. 1960 F. R. C. Bagley tr. B. Spuler Muslim World II. 67 The campaign continued until Tokhtamysh was put to flight at the battle of the Kandurcha river... Tīmūr then had his hands free. 1989 AJ 28 June 15/3 The council..had wisely given the community group a fairly free hand in converting the building. 2002 Independent 9 Apr. 8/2 The photographer..was recruited by Luciano Benetton..in 1983 with a free hand to sell the brand. < as lemmas |
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