| query | Your e____ is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined .Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined . He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. |
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| word | elbow |
| full-definition | noun Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined . He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. verb If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere. They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward. Mr Smith elbowed me in the face. Brand elbowed his way to the centre of the group of bystanders. If someone or something elbows their way somewhere, or elbows other people or things out of the way, they achieve success by being aggressive and determined . Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones. Environmental concerns will elbow their way right to the top of the agenda. |
| inflections | elbowselbowingelbowed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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