have no room to manoeuvre

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• freedom room for manoeuvre — freedom of/room for maˈnoeuvre idiom the chance to change the way that sth happens and influence decisions that are made • Small farmers have limited room for manoeuvre. Main entry: ↑manoeuvreidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• manoeuvre — ▪ I. manoeuvre manoeuvre 2 , maneuver noun [countable, uncountable] a skilful or carefully planned action, often a dishonest one, to achieve a particular result: • Whatever maneuvers the big soda pop companies make affect the smaller companies as …   Financial and business terms

• room — 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] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• room — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• manoeuvre — ma|noeu|vre1 BrE maneuver AmE [məˈnu:və US ər] n 1.) a skilful or careful movement that you make, for example in order to avoid something or go through a narrow space ▪ A careful driver will often stop talking before carrying out a complex… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• room — [[t]ru͟ːm, r ʊm[/t]] ♦ rooms, rooming, roomed 1) N COUNT A room is one of the separate sections or parts of the inside of a building. Rooms have their own walls, ceilings, floors, and doors, and are usually used for particular activities. You can …   English dictionary

• manoeuvre — [[t]mənu͟ːvə(r)[/t]] manoeuvres, manoeuvring, manoeuvred (in AM, use maneuver) 1) VERB If you manoeuvre something into or out of an awkward position, you skilfully move it there. [V n adv/prep] We attempted to manoeuvre the canoe closer to him …   English dictionary

• room — noun 1 in a house/building ADJECTIVE ▪ big, cavernous, enormous, high, high ceilinged, huge, large, spacious, vast ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• room — 1. noun /ɹuːm,ɹʊm/ a) Space for something, or to carry out an activity. He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the little cup to brush our teeth , and the place where they pray. b) Opportunity or possibility to do… …   Wiktionary

• freedom of for manoeuvre — freedom of/room for maˈnoeuvre idiom the chance to change the way that sth happens and influence decisions that are made • Small farmers have limited room for manoeuvre. Main entry: ↑manoeuvreidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• wiggle-room — n American freedom to manoeuvre, especially in a delicate situation. The term was com mon in the 1990s in armed forces and professional usage. ► You ve got to let us have some more wig gle room …   Contemporary slang