elbow

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el·bow / ˈelˌbō/ • n. the joint between the forearm and the upper arm. ∎  the part of the sleeve of a garment covering the elbow. ∎  a thing resembling an elbow, in particular a piece of piping bent through an angle.• v. [tr.] strike (someone) with one's elbow: one player had elbowed another in the face. ∎  [intr.] move by pushing past people with one's elbows: people elbowed past each other to the door. ∎ fig. get rid of or disregard (a person or idea) in a cursory and dismissive way: his new TV talk show was elbowed aside in the ratings war.PHRASES: up to one's elbows in inf. with one's hands plunged in (something): I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture. ∎ fig. deeply involved in (a task or undertaking).

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