more power to someone's elbow

more power to someone's elbow
more power to someone/someone’s elbow/spoken phrase
used for telling someone to do what they want, even though you doubt whether they can or should do it

If you want to go to Peru alone, more power to you.

Thesaurus: ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym
Main entry: power

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