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elbowroom

[ el-boh-room, -roo m ]
/ ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm /
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noun

ample room; space in which to move freely.
scope; opportunity: a job with elbowroom.

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Words related to elbowroom

latitude, clearance, freedom, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space

Words nearby elbowroom

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Origin of elbowroom

First recorded in 1530–40; elbow + room
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for elbow room

elbowroom
/ (ˈɛlbəʊˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

sufficient scope to move or function
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with elbow room

elbow room

Enough 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]

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