allow/give (something) (a) free rein

if you give ideas or emotions free rein, you allow them to develop and do not try to control them.

With all these materials available, we can give our creativity free rein.

• rank-and-file
• rank and file
• rap across the knuckles
• rap knuckles
• rap on the knuckles
• rap over the knuckles
• rap sheet
• rap someone's knuckles
• raring to go
• rat-arsed
• rat fink
• rat race
• an ego trip
• an embarrassment of riches
• an end in itself
• an enfant terrible
• An Englishman's home is his castle.
• a nest egg
• a never-never land
• a new ballgame
• a new broom
• a new lease on life
• a New Man
• An eye for an eye.
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.