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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