give+carte-blanche+to

  • 1give carte blanche — give (someone) carte blanche slightly formal to let someone do whatever they want in a particular situation. She gave her interior decorator carte blanche to do up her apartment. (usually + to do something) …

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  • 2give someone carte blanche — give (someone) carte blanche slightly formal to let someone do whatever they want in a particular situation. She gave her interior decorator carte blanche to do up her apartment. (usually + to do something) …

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  • 3carte blanche — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)t blɒ̱nʃ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N to inf If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right. She gave the children carte blanche to do what they liked... She was given carte blanche with the… …

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  • 4carte blanche — noun (U) complete freedom to do whatever you like in a particular situation, especially to spend money: give sb carte blanche: We were given carte blanche to redecorate the hotel …

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  • 5carte blanche — /kat ˈblɒntʃ / (say kaht blonch), /ˈblɒ̃ʃ/ (say blonsh) noun (plural cartes blanches /kats ˈblɒntʃ/ (say kahts blonch), /kat ˈblɒ̃ʃ/ (say blonsh)) 1. unconditional authority; full power. 2. a signed paper left blank for the person to whom it is… …

  • 6get carte blanche — get/have carte blanche slightly formal give (someone) carte blanche to let someone do whatever they want in a particular situation. He had carte blanche when it came to choosing which actors he wanted to work with …

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  • 7have carte blanche — get/have carte blanche slightly formal give (someone) carte blanche to let someone do whatever they want in a particular situation. He had carte blanche when it came to choosing which actors he wanted to work with …

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  • 8Permission — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Permission >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 permission permission leave Sgm: N 1 allowance allowance sufferance Sgm: N 1 tolerance tolerance toleration Sgm: N 1 liberty liberty law license …

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  • 9permission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Consent Nouns 1. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; freedom, liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence, lenity, leniency; favor, assent, dispensation, exemption,… …

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  • 10allow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grant, permit; concede; tolerate, suffer, let. See disclosure, consent, permission. Ant., prohibit, forbid. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To permit an action] Syn. permit, let, sanction, grant, consent to,… …

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