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leeway

გამოთქმა: /ˈliːweɪ/

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Universal
  • 1the amount of freedom to move or act that is available:the government had greater leeway to introduce reforms
  • margin of safety:there is little leeway if anything goes wrong
  • 2the sideways drift of a ship to leeward of the desired course:the leeway is only about 2°

make up (the) leeway

British struggle out of a bad position, especially by recovering lost time: he never made up the leeway and was five lengths down at the finish

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