"give someone enough rope" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> one enough rope"
      },
      "expansion": "give someone enough rope (third-person singular simple present gives one enough rope, present participle giving one enough rope, simple past gave one enough rope, past participle given one enough rope)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "give him enough rope and he'll hang himself"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight."
      ],
      "id": "en-give_someone_enough_rope-en-verb-TDAKoSoO",
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "unhindered",
          "unhindered"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "oversight",
          "oversight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "short leash"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cut someone some slack"
        },
        {
          "word": "cut him some slack"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-give one enough rope.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give someone enough rope"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "give him enough rope and he'll hang himself"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given one enough rope",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> one enough rope"
      },
      "expansion": "give someone enough rope (third-person singular simple present gives one enough rope, present participle giving one enough rope, simple past gave one enough rope, past participle given one enough rope)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "short leash"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "unhindered",
          "unhindered"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "oversight",
          "oversight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-give one enough rope.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-au-give_one_enough_rope.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut someone some slack"
    },
    {
      "word": "cut him some slack"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give someone enough rope"
}