elbow room
Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words
Sufficient space to move or work in.
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Examples (10)
- The office cubicles give you hardly any elbow room.
- We need more elbow room to work effectively in this cramped space.
- The new apartment finally gives us some elbow room after years in that tiny flat.
- There's not enough elbow room in this kitchen for two people to cook together.
- The crowded subway car left passengers with no elbow room whatsoever.
- After the renovation, the workshop has plenty of elbow room for all our projects.
- The small conference room doesn't provide much elbow room for large meetings.
- They moved to the suburbs seeking more elbow room for their growing family.
- The artist's studio offers ample elbow room for creating large sculptures.
- This compact car design sacrifices elbow room for better fuel efficiency.