to elbow

  • 101elbow aside — phrasal verb elbow out or elbow aside [transitive] Word forms elbow out : present tense I/you/we/they elbow out he/she/it elbows out present participle elbowing out past tense elbowed out past participle elbowed out to make someone leave a job or …

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  • 102elbow out — phrasal verb elbow out or elbow aside [transitive] Word forms elbow out : present tense I/you/we/they elbow out he/she/it elbows out present participle elbowing out past tense elbowed out past participle elbowed out to make someone leave a job or …

    English dictionary

  • 103elbow — el•bow [[t]ˈɛl boʊ[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the bend or joint of the human arm between the upper arm and forearm 2) anat. zool. the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped 3) something bent like an elbow, as a piece of pipe bent at an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 104elbow joint — noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped • Syn: ↑elbow, ↑human elbow, ↑cubitus, ↑cubital joint, ↑articulatio cubiti • Derivationally related forms: ↑cubital ( …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 105Elbow Room (short story collection) — infobox Book | name = Elbow Room title orig = translator = image caption = author = James Alan McPherson illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Short story collection publisher = release date =… …

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  • 106Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park — Infobox protected area | name = Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park iucn category = caption = Location of Elbow Sheep Wildland in Alberta locator x = 160 locator y =170 location = Canada nearest city = Calgary lat degrees = 50 lat minutes = 38… …

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  • 107elbow — [OE] Logically enough, elbow means etymologically ‘arm bend’. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanīc *alinobogan (which also produced German ellenbogen, Dutch elleboog, and Danish albue). This was a compound formed from *alinā… …

    Word origins

  • 108elbow — See: AT ONE S ELBOW, ELBOW ROOM, RUB ELBOWS, UP TO THE CHIN IN or UP TO THE ELBOWS IN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 109elbow — See: AT ONE S ELBOW, ELBOW ROOM, RUB ELBOWS, UP TO THE CHIN IN or UP TO THE ELBOWS IN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 110elbow room — noun Date: circa 1540 1. a. room for moving the elbows freely b. adequate space for work or operation < the large house gives plenty of elbow room > 2. free scope < elbow room to try new ideas > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary