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Caroline Tran
2020-11-05 05:11
Freedom of/room for manoeuvre American phrase informal
If you don't change your schedule right now, you won't have enough room for manoeuvre anymore!
Our boss is very strict and he doesn't allow us much room for manoeuvre.
To become better
Try to avoid to change something because doing something else could make things worse
As a person's power increases, his or her sense of morality lessens.
To revise, adapt, or customize something to fit someone or something
To make a situation become equal
This idiom derived from the 1950s. Its earliest use was found in Richard Hoggart (1918–2014).
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
