ELBOW


Meaning of ELBOW in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

Your ~ is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined.

He slipped and fell, badly bruising an ~.

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ people aside or ~ your way somewhere, you push people with your ~s in order to move somewhere.

They also claim that the security team ~ed aside a steward...

Mr Smith ~ed me in the face...

Brand ~ed his way to the centre of the group of bystanders.

= jostle

VERB: V n with aside , V n prep, V way prep/adv

3.

If someone or something ~s their way somewhere, or ~s other people or things out of the way, they achieve success by being aggressive and determined.

Non-state firms gradually ~ aside the inefficient state-owned ones...

Environmental concerns will ~ their way right to the top of the agenda.

VERB: V n with aside/out , V way prep

4.

to rub ~s with: see rub

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