breathing space
Also called breathing spell . an opportunity to rest or think.
sufficient space in which to move, work, etc.: The train was so crowded that there was hardly breathing space.
Origin of breathing space
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How to use breathing space in a sentence
The delayed demise of third-party cookies has given marketers some breathing space, but that’s all — with 2022 on the horizon, publishers are still gazing into a future without clear answers to the big questions about identity solutions.
Publishing Summit Recap: Publishers establish infrastructure to future-proof data sets | Sara Jerde | October 19, 2021 | DigidayLimiting the commute has provided breathing space to better balance work and parenting.
Returning to offices, rethinking commutes | Katherine Shaver, Luz Lazo, Justin George | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostEven this apparent digression with its minorly clever point — that writing is a kind of con game — serves as a breathing space, a slight pause before the rush of my final two paragraphs.
The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. | Michael Dirda | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostThe big picture is if you know the numbers are going down, and feel they are going to stay down due to seasonality, then you have some breathing space.
The one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson now has FDA support in the US | Antonio Regalado | February 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
British Dictionary definitions for breathing space
enough area to permit freedom of movement: the country gives us some breathing space
a pause for rest, etc: a coffee break was their only breathing space
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Other Idioms and Phrases with breathing space
Room or time in which to breathe, as in In that crowded hall, there was hardly any breathing space. Previously this term was put as breathing room. [Mid-1600s]
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