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elbow room
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | elbow room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"room, wayseating, seating area, seating room, seats - an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom"standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people"spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"breathing room, breathing space - sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room"headroom, headway, clearance - vertical space available to allow easy passage under somethinghouseroom - space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom"lebensraum, living space - space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expandingparking - space in which vehicles can be parked; "there is plenty of parking behind the store"sea room - space for maneuver at sea |
elbow roomnoun scope, room, space, freedom, latitude, leeway His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.Translationsmarge de manœuvreplaceespaceliberté d'actionelbow room
elbow room1. Enough space to move around an area easily. Ugh, the mall is so crowded today that there's hardly any elbow room at all!2. The freedom and ability to act as one wants. Well, you're her cabinet—if you're worried about her having too much elbow room as student council president, you should impose limitations.See also: elbow, room*some elbow roomFig. room to move about in; extra space to move about in. (*Typically: allow ~; get ~; have ~; give someone ~; need ~.) This table is too crowded. We all need some elbow room.See also: elbow, roomelbow roomEnough space to move about, as in Two hundred on the stage? There won't be any elbow room. This term alludes to having enough room to extend one's elbows. [Late 1500s] See also: elbow, roomelbow room 1. If someone gives you elbow room, they give you the freedom to do what you want to do in a particular situation. He promised governors that he would give them more elbow room to encourage innovation. The decision has allowed us more electoral elbow room and political flexibility.2. If you have enough elbow room, you have enough space to move freely or feel comfortable, without feeling crowded. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit. To have this much elbow room in London, you would need to be a billionaire.See also: elbow, roomˈelbow room (informal)
1 enough space to move in: October is a good time to visit as there are fewer tourists and more elbow room in the restaurants.
2 the freedom to do something: Teachers often feel they have little elbow room to try new methods.See also: elbow, roomelbow roomEnough space. This metaphor for having enough space to extend one’s elbows has been used since the sixteenth century. “Now my soul hath elbow-room,” wrote Shakespeare (King John, 5.7).See also: elbow, roomelbow room
Synonyms for elbow roomnoun scopeSynonyms- scope
- room
- space
- freedom
- latitude
- leeway
Synonyms for elbow roomnoun space for movementSynonymsRelated Words- seating
- seating area
- seating room
- seats
- standing room
- spatial relation
- position
- breathing room
- breathing space
- headroom
- headway
- clearance
- houseroom
- lebensraum
- living space
- parking
- sea room
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