wiggle room

noun

wiggle room

First recorded in 1985–90

Many of us strike a happy medium, leaving enough wiggle room with reality to spin a good yarn.

Bound by teachings on same-sex marriage, yes, but there was apparently some wiggle room on the issue of marriage in general.

But he did leave a little wiggle room for a possible way out of the stalemate.

He was so surprised by losing the vote that he overreacted and left himself no wiggle room.

As for the official vote count, Republican staffers are already allowing for a bit of wiggle room.

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