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Mr. Tom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Get the elbow

Hi

Is this idiom common among AmE speakers?

Get the elbow

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/elbow_1

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Thanks, MM -- and sorry, I meant to write BrE speakers. Maybe Fivejedjon and GPY have a different experience with this idiom.

Tom
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I have heard it, but I wouldn't say it's common. I also heard it in the 1980s as I got the big E.
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