Word.ws English Dictionary

free leg

free leg noun: unlimited discretionary power to act; free rein.

Noun

free leg

  1. Unlimited discretionary power to act; free rein.
    • "Gave her anything she wanted - her own car, her own bank account, a free leg to amuse herself as she pleased. Of course she hated him for it. Cuckolded him, too, naturally."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 173

Questions about free leg

What does free leg mean?
Free leg means unlimited discretionary power to act; free rein.
What part of speech is free leg?
Free leg is a noun.

Words near free leg in the dictionary

  1. free kicks
  2. Free Kirk
  3. Free Kirker
  4. free lance
  5. free lances
  6. free leg
  7. free libraries
  8. free library
  9. free list
  10. free lists
  11. free liver

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: free leg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “free leg.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/free_leg. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.