- make up the leeway
- ► make up (the) leeway Brit. struggle out of a bad position by recovering lost time.Main Entry: ↑leeway
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make up the leeway — phrase to reach a satisfactory position after a period when you did not make enough progress Thesaurus: to make progress, or to achieve somethingsynonym Main entry: leeway * * * make up (the) leeway Brit : to get back into a good position or… … Useful english dictionary
make up (the) leeway — Brit. struggle out of a bad position, especially by recovering lost time. → leeway … English new terms dictionary
make up the leeway — to reach a satisfactory position after a period when you did not make enough progress … English dictionary
make up leeway — To make up for lost time, ground, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑lee * * * make up (the) leeway Brit : to get back into a good position or situation after you have fallen behind They re so far behind that they have little hope of making up the leeway on… … Useful english dictionary
leeway — ► NOUN 1) the amount of freedom to move or act that is available: we have a lot of leeway in how we do our jobs. 2) the sideways drift of a ship to leeward of the desired course. ● make up (the) leeway Cf. ↑make up the leeway … English terms dictionary
make up leeway — ► make up (the) leeway Brit. struggle out of a bad position by recovering lost time. Main Entry: ↑leeway … English terms dictionary
leeway — [[t]li͟ːweɪ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Leeway is the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans. Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want... The President said that he wanted to give… … English dictionary
leeway — lee|way [ li,weı ] noun uncount the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action make up the leeway to reach a satisfactory position after a period when you did not make enough progress … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leeway — UK [ˈliːweɪ] / US [ˈlɪˌweɪ] noun [uncountable] the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action • make up the leeway … English dictionary
leeway — noun 1》 the amount of freedom to move or act that is available. ↘margin of safety. 2》 the sideways drift of a ship to leeward of the desired course. Phrases make up (the) leeway Brit. struggle out of a bad position, especially by recovering… … English new terms dictionary
