make room
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.
room
UK /ɹʊm/ US /ɹum/
noun 6verb 2adv 2adj 1
Collocations
70(noun.) in a house/building
ADJ
big, cavernous, enormous, high, high-ceilinged, huge, large, palatial, spacious, vast | claustrophobic, stuffy, windowless | bright | dark, dim, dimly-lit, dingy, moonlit, pitch-dark, shadowed | draughty | hot, warm | clean | attractive, beautiful, elegant | impressive, luxurious, magnificent, pretty | bare | newly-painted, whitewashed | overcrowded | smoke-filled, smoky | quiet, silent | locked | adjacent, adjoining | attic, back, basement, downstairs, front, upstairs | first-floor, second-floor, etc.
guest, spare
When my parents visit, they always stay in the guest room upstairs.
hotel | double, family, single, three-bedded | control | fitness, weight-training
news, press
The press room was crowded with journalists waiting for the official announcement.
committee | store (also storeroom)
incident, interview
Detectives established an incident room to coordinate the investigation into the robbery.
changing, locker, shower | emergency | treatment
VERB + ROOM
burst into, come/go into, creep into, enter, hurry into, march into, run/rush into, slip/sneak into, step into, storm into, stride into, walk into
come/go out of, creep out of, flounce out of, hurry out of, leave, march out of, run/rush out of, slip out of, step out of, storm out of, stride out of, walk out of
The angry customer stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her.
show sb into, usher sb into
cross, go around/round, pace (around/round), prowl (around/round), walk, wander around/round
The anxious student paced around the waiting room before her interview.
echo around/round, run around/round
Her voice echoed around the room when she shouted across the empty hall.
glance, look around/round, scan | fill | clean, tidy
decorate, paint
We painted the bedroom blue last summer and it looks so much brighter now.
air, ventilate
light
The bedroom was filled with soft morning light coming through the windows.
share
My brother and I share a room in our apartment downtown.
occupy
vacate
The tenant vacated the room and returned the keys to the landlord yesterday.
set aside
The school set aside a room for students to relax during breaks.
book, hire, rent
We booked a room at the hotel for our anniversary weekend.
ROOM + VERB
adjoin sth, face sth, overlook sth
The bedroom overlooks a beautiful garden with tall trees.
contain sth
The small apartment contained only a bed, a desk, and some shelves.
be crammed with sth, be filled with sth, be full of sth
be equipped with sth, be furnished with sth, have sth
The hotel bedroom has a comfortable bed, a desk, and large windows overlooking the garden.
measure sth
The living room measured about 400 square feet, which was perfect for our small family.
darken
fall silent, grow quiet
The classroom grew quiet when the teacher walked in with a serious expression.
smell
After the party, the room smelled terrible, so we opened all the windows.
spin, sway
After drinking too much wine, the room began to sway and he had to sit down.
ROOM + NOUN
key | number | lighting, lights | mate (also room-mate) | service
temperature
The house felt comfortable because they kept the living area at a pleasant room temperature.
rates
The hotel's room rates increased so much that we decided to stay somewhere cheaper.
PREP
around/round a/the ~, from ~ to ~
The children ran around the room playing tag during the birthday party.
in/into a/the ~, inside a/the ~
(noun.) space; enough space
ADJ
ample, considerable, enough, sufficient | insufficient | head (also headroom), leg (also legroom)
ADJ
leave, make
The students pushed their desks to the side to make room for the dance class.
PREP
~ for
The garage has plenty of room for storing our bikes and garden tools.
PHRASES
room for manoeuvre
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