There was no wiggle room here, no leeway, no margin for error.
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wiggle room — ˈwiggle ˌroom noun [uncountable] informal the possibility of changing your plans or decisions in order to achieve what you want or to suit a different situation: • His statement should satisfy the media while leaving enough wiggle room in case… … Financial and business terms
wiggle room — noun flexibility of interpretation or of options the request left some wiggle room for future restructuring • Hypernyms: ↑flexibility, ↑flexibleness * * * noun [noncount] US somewhat informal : the ability to make small changes in a plan,… … Useful english dictionary
wiggle room — noun Date: 1978 leeway, latitude < a contract with wiggle room for further negotiations > … New Collegiate Dictionary
wiggle room — room to maneuver; latitude. [1985 90] * * * … Universalium
wiggle room — wig′gle room n. room to maneuver; latitude • Etymology: 1985–90 … From formal English to slang
wiggle room — /ˈwɪgəl rum/ (say wiguhl roohm) noun 1. room to move around in a confined area. 2. time in which to resolve any difficulty that may arise. 3. loopholes by which to avoid something which one has contracted to do. Also, wriggle room …
wiggle-room — n American freedom to manoeuvre, especially in a delicate situation. The term was com mon in the 1990s in armed forces and professional usage. ► You ve got to let us have some more wig gle room … Contemporary slang
wiggle room — noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. limited capacity or scope for negotiation, especially in order to modify a previous statement or decision … English new terms dictionary
wiggle room — UK / US noun [uncountable] freedom to change your mind or to try a different method, for example, in making decisions or achieving an aim … English dictionary
room — noun 1 in a house/building ADJECTIVE ▪ big, cavernous, enormous, high, high ceilinged, huge, large, spacious, vast ▪ … Collocations dictionary
