noun
- Sufficient time to prepare for or recover from the pressing difficulties of a situation.
- Sufficient space to fit or accomplish something: no breathing room on the crowded airplane. Also called In both senses also called breathing space .
breathing room
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Noun
(plural breathing rooms)
- Alternative form of breathing space.
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