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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

전적인 자유를 주다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeonjeog-in jayureul juda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Give free rein/ɡɪv friː reɪn/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"회사는 개발팀에게 프로젝트를 진행할 전적인 자유를 주었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To grant someone complete freedom of action, scope, or expression without restriction or interference.

    "The director decided to give the actors free rein to improvise during the final scene."
  2. 2

    To allow one's own feelings, imagination, or impulses to be expressed without restraint.

    "She gave free rein to her creativity and painted a magnificent mural on the brick wall."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from equestrian terminology, where 'rein' refers to the leather straps attached to a horse's bit used for steering and controlling the animal. The idiom originates from late Middle English practices of horsemanship, shifting metaphorically to mean releasing control and allowing complete freedom of movement or action.

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