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Definition of "breathing room" [breathing room]

  • Sufficient room to permit ease of breathing or movement: no breathing room on the crowded airplane. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "breathing room" in a sentence
  • "Nestled in gently rolling hills that occasionally offered views of the old city of Bergamo in the distance, the course was a much easier walk and had more breathing room off the tee than Menaggio and Cadenabbia, though it was still mostly a three-wood, short-iron type of layout, with long par-threes making up some of the distance."
  • "The COs gave him a bit more breathing room than the other inmates."
  • "In the sixth inning, Swisher, continuing his playoff reawakening, got a hold of a fastball from reliever J.A. Happ and sent it soaring into that red sea in left-field, giving the Yankees more breathing room with his solo blast."
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