Free rein
Power
Power noun - The right or means to command or control others.
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Both terms in one sentence
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Also, his being at war all the time left the nobles with too much free rein, so that when John came to power they were hostile to his attempts to take control again.
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In The Dark Phoenix Saga, after Mastermind's manipulations cause Phoenix to give free rein to her dark side, she psychically feeds him enough cosmic power and knowledge to overload his brain, and then almost immediately takes it away.
Source: My Skull Runneth Over
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