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Rasoul Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

give sb the run

Also need help with the following sentence:

"as Polly was very lively the intention was to give her the run of the young men."

I don't understand what it means to give sb the run...

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I have split this post from your other thread, Rasoul.

Please start a fresh thread for unrelated questions in future.
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Rasoulto give her the run of the young men
to let her associate with most of the young men who were part of her social circle
to let her flirt with the young men as much as she pleased

CJ
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Like a dog let off it's leash, Polly is free to run around
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AnonymousLike a dog let off it's leash, Polly is free to run around.
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It means she gets to choose whichever young man she wants.
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AnonymousIt means she gets to choose whichever young man she wants.
It means she gets to choose whichever young man or young men she wants.
She can choose John in the morning, Steve at noon, and Tom and Richard both together for the evening.
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It means basing a decision on very little or no information to support the decision at all .
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It means basing a decision on very little or no information to support the decision at all .

No, that is making decision on the run.

Probably more common is making a decision on the fly.

Clive
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A more common use of this phrase would be "to give the dog the run of the house." It means they are free to use the entire house and do with it whatever they would like to do (usually even if that means destroying things).
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