Synonyms for free rein
free rein

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1. free rein, playnoun

   the removal of constraints

   "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, looseness, fun, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, caper, romp, gaming, sport, frolic, playing period, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, turn, drama

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1. Don McCullin:

   The press had had pretty free rein in the Vietnam War ... to run around where we want, go anywhere, see anything, but once the war was over, (there was a) feeling that it was the media that helped to lose (America) the war. We didn't.

2. Donald Trump:

   The FBI as you know is all over, talking to everybody... they have been all over The FBI as you know already. They have free rein to do whatever they have to do.

3. Fergus Ryan:

   It's only really the hypernationalists that are given free rein, their content isn't censored, they're allowed to conduct campaigns, they're able to organize online... so that happens in China within the Great Firewall, and then we see also it spill out into the wider Internet.

4. David Dollar:

   The United States's possible that The United States's The United States, let the Chinese hawks have their free rein to get the Chinese scared of potentially what might happen.

5. Pete Blair:

   That's a long time for someone to shoot at people, it takes some time for the SWAT team to get there, and during that time, the shooter has free rein to keep murdering people.