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make room

idiom
Meaning

To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please make room for my bag on the table.

CONTEXTUAL

We need to clear out the old boxes in the attic to make room for the new baby furniture.

COMPLEX

The librarian rearranged the dusty shelves to make room for the extensive collection of historical manuscripts arriving from the university archives.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    assume room temperature

    To die; to be killed.

  2. 02

    baby elephant in the room

    An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

  3. 03

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  4. 04

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  5. 05

    elephant in the room

    A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.

  6. 06

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  7. 07

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  8. 08

    fine feathers make fine birds

    Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.

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