- elbow room
- {n.} Adequate space to move around or to work in. * /He doesn't require a huge office, but we must at least give him elbow room./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
elbow room
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elbow room — If you haven t got enough elbow room, you haven t got enough space … The small dictionary of idiomes
elbow room — [n] room to maneuver breathing space, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space; concept 739 … New thesaurus
elbow room — room to move among people, space in a crowd On the streets of Hong Kong there wasn t much elbow room … English idioms
elbow room — elbow ,room noun uncount 1. ) enough space around you so that you are comfortable 2. ) the freedom to do what you want, without other people annoying you … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
elbow room — ► NOUN informal ▪ adequate space to move or work in … English terms dictionary
Elbow Room — Infobox Book name = Elbow Room title orig = translator = image caption = author = Daniel C. Dennett cover artist = country = language = series = subject = Free will genre = Philosophy publisher = MIT Press release date = 1984 media type = pages … Wikipedia
elbow room — noun space for movement room to pass make way for hardly enough elbow room to turn around • Syn: ↑room, ↑way • Derivationally related forms: ↑roomy ( … Useful english dictionary
elbow room — 1) N UNCOUNT Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation. [INFORMAL] His speech won a standing ovation but it was also designed to give himself more political elbow room. Syn: leeway 2) N UNCOUNT If … English dictionary
elbow room — noun Date: circa 1540 1. a. room for moving the elbows freely b. adequate space for work or operation < the large house gives plenty of elbow room > 2. free scope < elbow room to try new ideas > … New Collegiate Dictionary
elbow room — noun a) Room or space in which to move or maneuver. There wasnt that much elbow room in the aircraft. b) Freedom or leeway. The employees really dont have much elbow room in which to explore new ideas … Wiktionary
elbow room — If you need some elbow room, you need more space to move. We shared a small office where neither of us had enough elbow room … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
