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RELATED WORDS : at hand big hand black hand bloody hand bow hand bridge hand by hand cash in hand close at hand come to hand dead hand dead hand of the past dirt free distribution free statistic elder hand eldest hand field hand for free free free agency free agent free and clear free and easy free association free base free burning free central placentation free choice free coinage free electron free enterprise free fall free form free french free grace free house free kick free lance free list free living free love free lunch free morpheme free nerve ending free of free of charge free pardon free people free phagocyte free port free press free radical free rein free silver free soil party free spirit free spoken free state free thought free throw free throw lane free time free trade free trader free verse free weight free will free world free zone give a hand glad hand hand hand and foot hand and glove hand ax hand axe hand blower hand brake hand by a hair hand calculator hand cheese hand clapping hand clasp hand cream hand down hand drill hand fern hand glass hand grenade hand in hand in glove hand in hand hand job hand line hand lotion hand luggage hand mirror hand mower hand on hand organ hand out hand over hand over fist hand pump hand puppet hand saw hand shovel hand throttle hand to hand hand to mouth hand tool hand towel hand truck hand wear have in hand heavy hand helping hand hired hand hour hand in hand irish free state iron hand left hand lend a hand little hand lone hand minute hand north american free trade agreement note of hand old hand on hand on one hand on the one hand on the other hand orange free state out of hand penalty free throw poker hand ranch hand ready to hand red hand defenders right hand right hand man round hand running hand scot free second hand section hand set free sleight of hand sweep hand text hand upper hand whip hand

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun free hand has 1 sense

• free hand(n = noun.state) blank check - freedom to do as you see fit; "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack"
is a kind of freedom

THESAURUS

free hand

ample scope, bigheartedness, blank check, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, carte blanche, clearance, easy purse strings, elbowroom, field, free course, free play, free scope, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, full authority, full power, full scope, full swing, generosity, generousness, givingness, graciousness, great heart, greatheartedness, hospitality, largeheartedness, largeness, largess, latitude, leeway, liberality, liberalness, long rope, magnanimity, maneuvering space, margin, munificence, no holds barred, open hand, open heart, open mandate, open space, openhandedness, openheartedness, play, range, room, rope, scope, sea room, space, swing, tolerance, unselfishness, way, welcome, wide berth

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