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Meanings of breathing space in English
Usage of breathing space in English
1
Good, that ought to give us a couple of minutes breathing space.
2
Neither side really wants peace-justsome breathing space to muster their forces.
3
The measure will provide breathing space to thousands of troubled mortgage holders.
4
The outer boulevard is their breathing space; the suburbs belong to them.
5
Cotillard agrees that the country's strict privacy laws allow them breathing space.
6
That gave CIC a breathing space to respond in their own time.
7
The ceasefire allows some breathing space for a solution to be found.
8
It was a case for delay; Mr. Harley must have breathing space.
9
The agony was the breathing space we had while they crept nearer.
10
It gave her a little breathing space to follow her natural inclinations.
11
For a brief breathing space the country was cleared of foreign mercenaries.
12
But it would give you a breathing space to land another job.'
13
The leading couples stood for a moment's breathing space near the summit.
14
With scarcely a breathing space Almo was pitted against a fifth adversary.
15
But Carl's suicide bought the rest of them a little breathing space.
16
Cornered, I sipped my coffee to give me a little breathing space.
This collocation consists of:
Breathing space through the time
Breathing space across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common