put at someone's disposal

put at someone's disposal idiom
Allow one to use, as in They put their car at our disposal for our entire stay. This idiom employs disposal in the sense of “the liberty or power to use something,” a usage dating from the early-1600s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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