free rein

Bulgaria has given free rein to administrator Spetsov to sell the refinery with the government's consent.

All in all, it seemed to Penelope that a modest amount of optimism could safely be given free rein.

Paramount, which owns the franchise, gave them free rein with the material so there was no beat-by-beat reconstruction of one of the seven films.

“It’s developed into what I do anytime I’m given free rein to teach theater to kids.”

Unlike the case of Colbert, who has largely been given relatively free rein to cover controversial topics without network oversight, “The Smothers Brothers” was almost always in conflict with CBS’s censors.