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I heard this phrase a few times but I still can't grasp its meaning. Does it
mean, "as much as you would like"?
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What does 思いっきりどうぞ mean?
You can translate it as "Knock yourself out". It means "Go ahead and do that
thing, if you want to". Sometimes it's said sarcastically, as if the thing the
other person wants to do/try isn't going to work out. Sometimes it's just used
as "Please, go ahead", without a sarcastic tone. If there is an exclamation
mark after it (or the spoken equivalent) it's probably sarcastic.

I usually see it written as 思い切ってどうぞ.
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I like the translation "absofuckinglutely go ahead", but that might be too
casual (in English) for what you're looking for.
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思い切る, as you might guess from the letters, literally means "to stop
deliberating/thinking". It can actually have two meanings: "to give up", or to
"decide". That said, when it's used as 「思いっきり」, it always means to do
something decisively, with gusto and without reservation.

思いっきり has been idiomatized to the point that it no longer necessarily modifies
a verb; it can serve to emphasize an adjective as well: 「彼は思いっきり弾けた人格だ」(he's
got a extremely spontaneous personality).
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