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room noun 1 in prison, a cell UK, 1996. 2 a bar or cocktail lounge US, 1970
idiomrooma smoke-filled roomused about a meeting where a business or political decision is made secretly or informally by a small group of people:Brian Clough often thought of going into politics. If he had he would have been a disaster in the smoke-filled rooms, but a hit with the tabloids and the public.Parents want the future of the education system to be debated publicly so that everyone can contribute, not secretly in some smoke-filled hotel room. phraseroom[roomed, roomed, rooming] room with room with sb AmE to share the room that you live in with someone, for example at college: You remember Maria - I roomed with her at college.
See:- (the) elephant in the room
- a smoke-filled room
- back room
- back room boys
- backroom boy
- boys in the back room
- breathing room
- breathing space
- Can I use your powder room?
- Could I use your powder room?
- Don't let it go any further
- elbow room
- elephant in the room
- elephant in the room, an
- engine room
- freedom of maneuver
- freedom of/room for manoeuvre
- gab room
- get a room
- go to your room
- Go to your room!
- house room
- in a smoke-filled room
- in the rooms
- ladies' room
- ladies’ room
- leave the room
- little boys' room
- little boys’ room
- little girls' room
- little girls’ room
- locker room talk
- locker-room
- locker-room humor
- locker-room talk
- make room
- make room (for someone or something)
- no room to swing a cat
- not enough room to swing a cat
- not give (someone or something) houseroom
- not give house room
- not give someone house room
- on the cutting room floor
- On your bike!
- powder room
- read the room
- room and board
- room at the top
- room for doubt
- room for rent
- room for/to maneuver
- room together
- room with
- room with (one)
- room-temperature IQ
- rubber room
- rumpus room
- save room (for something)
- send to the showers
- smoke-filled room
- some elbow room
- take up space
- the back-room boys
- the boys in the back room
- the elephant in the room
- there is always room at the top
- throne room
- wiggle room
- work the room
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