carte blanche

Pluralcartes blanches (some meanings)

1. 1
   free handnoununcountable

   Full power to decide and act however you think best, with no limits.

   My parents gave me carte blanche to paint my bedroom any color I wanted.

   The new coach asked for carte blanche, but the school still wanted a say in who joined the team.

   Similarfreedom, license, latitude, discretion

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2. 2
   signed blank papernouncountable

   A blank paper that someone in charge signs and gives to another person to fill in as they wish.

   The queen signed a carte blanche and gave it to her messenger.

   He kept the carte blanche locked in a drawer and never wrote a word on it.

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3. 3
   without distinctionadverb

   All together as one group, without paying attention to any differences inside the group.

   The school banned phones carte blanche, even for students who needed them for health reasons.

   The website deleted the old comments carte blanche instead of checking each one.

   Similarwholesale, indiscriminately

   Oppositeindividually, selectively

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