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make room

  1. to clear a certain amount of space to allow for someone or something else to fit as well
  2. to refrain from eating too much so that one still has an appetite for something else later on
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verb

  1. To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.

    I moved the books off my desk to make room for my labtop.

    This tunnel was 326 yd. long, and the portals were designed by Brunel to represent Norman archways. It was converted into an open cutting, between 1887 and 1889, to make room for the shunting necks of the sidings at Bristol East Depot.