it's a free country

it's a free country

One has the right to do something or act a certain way, no matter what other people think about it. I'll play my music as loud as I want. It's a free country, after all! A: "Can I sit here?" B: "It's a free country, isn't it?"
See also: country, free
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

it's a free country

said when asserting that a course of action is not illegal or forbidden, often in justification of it.
See also: country, free
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it’s a free ˈcountry

(spoken) used as a reply when somebody suggests that you should not do something: It’s a free country and I’ll say what I like!
See also: country, free
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See also:
  • assault the ear
  • LOL
  • say (something) out loud
  • say out loud
  • for crying out loud
  • For crying out loud!
  • out loud
  • to wake the dead, loud enough
  • loud enough to wake the dead
  • blood and thunder
References in classic literature
It's a free country, sir; the man's mine, and I do what I please with him,--that's it!"