Elbow Room (Noun)
Meaning
Space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The crowded train left little elbow room for anyone to move.
- The hallway was narrow, offering barely enough elbow room to squeeze through.
- The hiking trail was so dense that hikers had hardly enough elbow room to turn around.
- After the renovations, the studio apartment had more elbow room for a home office.
- The conductor politely asked the passengers to give each other some elbow room on the busy bus.