free hands
Arms not occupied
Free hands are hands not occupied or restrained—available for use.
The phrase appears literally when someone needs to carry or manipulate something: I don't have any free hands right now.
More often it appears as the verb phrase free one's hands, meaning to release them from whatever currently occupies them, or figuratively, to remove constraints that prevent action: Delegating those tasks freed her hands to focus on strategy.
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
- availableReady to be used
- openNot closed
- holdMaintain in grasp
point · empowered · discretion · liberated · autonomy · delegate · carte blanche · latitude · elbow room · wide open · blank slates · touch · self-sufficient · unencumbered · untied · maneuverability · leeways · independences
free handshands full
free handshands tied
Unable to act freely
restricted · constrained · micromanagement · micromanaged · controlled
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