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Carte blanche   /kɑrt blæntʃ/   Listen
Carte blanche

noun
1.
Complete freedom or authority to act.






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"Carte blanche" Quotes from Famous Books



... Prade, went to M. de Villars and asked leave to conduct an expedition against the chief. He was almost sure of taking Roland by surprise, having procured a guide whose knowledge of the country was minute. The marechal gave him carte blanche. In the evening Menon set out with two hundred grenadiers. He had already put three-quarters of the way behind him without being discovered, when an Englishman met them by chance. This man was serving under Roland, but had been ...
— Massacres Of The South (1551-1815) - Celebrated Crimes • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... have lost too much to think of that or much else. But there is no need of satire, Miss Madison. I will do whatever you wish. That truly is carte blanche enough ...
— Taken Alive • E. P. Roe



Words linked to "Carte blanche" :   potency, dominance, authority, authorization, authorisation, say-so



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