plenty of rope

NOUN

freedom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability exemption flexibility immunity opportunity power privilege right

STRONG

abandon abandonment bent compass discretion facility indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin play prerogative profligacy range rein rope scope sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full play full swing laissez faire own accord rampancy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotence inability incompetence responsibility weakness

STRONG

extreme restraint

WEAK

captivity confinement difficulty imprisonment incarceration limitation reserve restriction servitude slavery subjection subordination suppression

NOUN

independency

Synonyms

STRONG

abandon abandonment ability autonomy bent compass discretion exemption facility flexibility immunity independence indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin opportunity play power prerogative privilege profligacy range rein right rope scope self-government sovereignty sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full play full swing laissez faire own accord rampancy

Antonyms

STRONG

dependence extreme impotence inability incompetence limitation responsibility restraint weakness

NOUN

self-government

Synonyms

STRONGEST

autonomy discretion flexibility immunity independence sovereignty

STRONG

abandon abandonment ability bent compass exemption facility independency indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin opportunity play power prerogative privilege profligacy range rein right rope scope sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full play full swing laissez faire own accord rampancy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dependence

STRONG

extreme impotence inability incompetence limitation restraint weakness

Example Sentences

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McCullum will give Buttler and his team plenty of rope, but will pull tight when needed.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

"He gave me plenty of rope and that's something that's clear, you can't argue balls and strikes," Wieters said.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2012

Mr. Morris, now and then exclaiming in disbelief from beyond the frame, feeds her plenty of rope, and she proceeds to tie him, herself and anyone else who happens to be watching in knots.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011

Nora Ephron also gives her subjects plenty of rope before she hangs them.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had plenty of rope, this Galu weapon being fully sixty feet long.

From The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

plenty of rope

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