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breathing room
breathing roomn.1. Sufficient time to prepare for or recover from the pressing difficulties of a situation.2. Sufficient space to fit or accomplish something: no breathing room on the crowded airplane. In both senses also called breathing space.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | breathing room - sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room"breathing spaceelbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" |
breathing room
breathing roomA sufficient buffer of time, space, or money that allows for freedom of movement or relief from a given source of pressure or stress. My yearly bonus always affords us a little bit of breathing room for the Christmas expenses. Please move back and give us some breathing room here. The professor extended the deadline for our midterm papers, so I've got a bit of breathing room to get it finished.See also: breathing, roombreathing room
Synonyms for breathing roomnoun sufficient room for easy breathing or movementSynonymsRelated Words |