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elbow in English
- elbow⇄elbow, noun, verb.
- elbow⇄expr. at one's elbow, close to one.
Ex. I found at my elbow a pretty little girl (Dickens). (Figurative.) For one of history's momentous events, the outside world had only the carefully stage-managed story told by the handful of men at Stalin's elb - elbow⇄expr. bend (lift, or crook) an elbow, (Informal.) to drink alcoholic beverages; drink to excess.
Ex. I am sure they will not waste time bending an elbow with a little old corn-pone Congressman and a lot of Wyoming hillbillies (Harper's). - elbow⇄expr. out at the elbow or out at elbows, worn out; ragged; shabby; poor.
Ex. He was himself just now so terribly out at elbows, that he could not command a hundred pounds (Mary Martha Sherwood). - elbow⇄expr. rub elbows with, to mingle with (people, especially of a different social level).
Ex. The lunatic, clad in a dapper pinstripe, was happily rubbing elbows with the window shoppers in the village (Time). - elbow⇄expr. up to one's elbow,
a. very busy.
Ex. ... up to our elbows making damson jam (A. Robson).
b. deeply involved.
Ex. He's up to his elbow in new schemes. - elbow⇄noun 1. the joint between the upper and lower arm; bend of the arm.
Ex. With elbows bent he sat, chin in his hands, fixedly staring at the TV.
2. any bend or corner having the same shape as a bent arm. A sharp turn in a road or river may be - elbow⇄v.i. to make one's way by pushing.
Ex. Caught in the mob, he began to elbow right and left. - elbow⇄v.t. 1. to push with the elbow; jostle.
Ex. Don't elbow me off the sidewalk. The shopper elbowed her competitors at the bargain counter. (Figurative.) The small farming class have been gradually elbowed out of their holdings (Manchester Examiner).