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  • 1not enough room to swing a cat — If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …

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  • 2not enough room to swing a cat — informal phrase used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it Thesaurus: words that describe buildings or rooms and parts of buildingshyponym farm buildings and structures where animals are… …

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  • 3not enough room to swing a cat —    If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 4Not enough room to swing a cat —   If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …

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  • 5not enough room to swing a cat — informal used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it …

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  • 6no room to swing a cat — no (or not) room to swing a cat humorous used in reference to a very confined space Origin: cat in the sense ‘cat o nine tails’ * * * no room to swing a ˈcat idiom (informal) when sb says there s no room to swing a cat, they mea …

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  • 7cat — W3S1 [kæt] n [: Old English; Origin: catt, probably from Latin cattus, catta] 1.) a) a small animal with four legs that people often keep as a pet. Cats sometimes kill small animals and birds →↑feline tabby/ginger/tortoiseshell etc cat (=colours… …

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  • 8room — room1 W1S1 [ru:m, rum] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a building)¦ 2¦(space)¦ 3¦(opportunity/possibility)¦ 4 there s room for improvement 5 there s not enough room to swing a cat 6¦(apartment)¦ 7¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: rum] …

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  • 9room — 1 /ru:m, rUm/ noun 1 IN A BUILDING (C) a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor and ceiling: bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc (=a room used for washing, eating etc): The meeting room s upstairs on your right. | We… …

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  • 10swing — swing1 W3 [swıŋ] v past tense and past participle swung [swʌŋ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move from a fixed point)¦ 2¦(move in a curve)¦ 3¦(hit)¦ 4¦(change opinions/emotions)¦ 5 swing into action 6¦(play)¦ 7¦(arrange something)¦ 8 swing both ways …

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