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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
elbow room (uncountable)
- Room or space in which to move or maneuver.
There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.
- (figurative) Freedom or leeway.
The employees really don't have much elbow room in which to explore new ideas.
Translations[edit]
room or space in which to move or maneuver
freedom or leeway
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自由度 (zh) (zìyóudù), 餘地/余地 (zh) (yúdì), 退路 (zh) (tuìlù)
- Danish: albuerum n
- Finnish: tila (fi)
- French: liberté d’action f, marge de manœuvre (fr) f
- German: Bewegungsfreiheit (de) f, Ellbogenfreiheit f, Spielraum (de) m
- Hungarian: mozgástér (hu)
- Italian: libertà di manovra
- Japanese: 余地 (ja) (よち, yochi), 自由裁量 (じゆうさいりょう, jiyūsairyō)
- Korean: elbow room (elbow room)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n
- Nynorsk: olbogerom n
- Polish: swoboda (pl) f
- Swedish: svängrum n, spelrum (sv) n
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