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free hand

[free hand] {n.} Great freedom. * /The teacher had a free hand in her classroom./ * /Bob put paint on the fence with a free hand./ Compare: [FREE REIN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

hand

[hand] See: [AT HAND], [BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH], [BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE], [CLEAN HANDS], [DIRTY ONE'S HANDS], [EAT OUT OF ONE'S HAND], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lend a hand

[lend a hand] or [give a hand] also [bear a hand] {v. phr.} To give help; make yourself useful; help. * /The stage manager asked some of the boys to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hand out

[hand out] {v.}, {informal} To give (things of the same kind) to several people. * /The teacher handed out the examination papers./ * /At the Christmas party Santa Claus handed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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