free rein in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "free rein",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The developers were given free rein over the project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone is given free rein to do something, they are given the freedom to do it without constraints."
      ],
      "id": "simple-free_rein-en-phrase-n5ev9oZk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "free rein"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "free rein",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The developers were given free rein over the project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone is given free rein to do something, they are given the freedom to do it without constraints."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "free rein"
}

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"free rein" meaning in English

Phrase