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idiomcheque/checkcheque is the British spelling, and check is the American spelling.give sb a blank cheque/checklet/allow to give someone permission to do whatever they think is right or necessary in a situation ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:If democracy is government by the people for the people, then it cannot mean giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us for five years.Democrats are still haunted by the blank check that Lyndon Johnson got from Congress in 1964 that allowed him to go into Vietnam.blank-cheque/blank-check: The General is seeking blank-check authority to launch an attack.
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