Word of the Day (carte blanche)-16NOV20

Word of the Day (carte blanche)-16NOV20

Today’s “Word of the Day” is carte blanche and it is a noun meaning “complete freedom to do whatever one wishes to do; a free hand, full discretionary power, leeway, latitude, elbow room; French phrase, literally means ‘blank paper’ except for a signature on which one is authorized to write whatever she/he wishes“.

Example Sentence: Trump’s absurdly lopsided Middle East “peace plan” gave Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s rightwing leader, virtual carte blanche to expand settlements and seize Palestinian land.

This word is present in The Guardian article US poll chaos is a boon for the enemies of democracy the whole world over and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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