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elbow room
elbow room
elbow room
1.
space which allows you to move around
There's no elbow room at all in this kitchen.
2.
the freedom to do what you want to do
The President should be given as much elbow room as he needs to solve these international problems.
See also:
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]
See also:
elbow
,
room
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Name
Gender
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Ealhstan
-
Anglo-Saxon
Lotte
LAW-tə
(German)
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Wulfric
-
Anglo-Saxon
Diamanto
-
Greek
Diamantina
-
Greek
Nicola (2)
NIK-ə-lə
(English)
German, Czech, English
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