elbow room 
noun [mass noun] informal
Adequate space to move or work in: a restaurant with more elbow room...
- People have to compete with each other for elbow room and breathing space, both of which are in short supply.
- The deteriorating quality and the shrinking greenery around the city adds weight to the proposal to provide it a little more elbow room or breathing space.
- One can be left in place and used as a couch while the other is stowed away allowing more than enough elbow room to move round.
Synonyms
room to manoeuvre, room, space, breathing space, scope, freedom, play, free rein, licence, latitude, leeway, margin, clearance;
German Lebensraum
- artificial rubber
- artificial selection
- artificial silk
- artificial sunlight
- artificial surface
- artificial sweetener
- artificial system
- artificial turf
- artificial year
- artificing
- artificious
- artificiously
- artify
- artilect
- artilise
- artiller
- artilleried
- artillerist
- artillery
- artillery boat
- artillery company
- artillery driver
- artillery duel
- artillery garden
- artillery harness