"make room" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make room.ogg [Australia], en-us-make room.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: makes room [present, singular, third-person], making room [participle, present], made room [participle, past], made room [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> room}} make room (third-person singular simple present makes room, present participle making room, simple past and past participle made room)
  1. (idiomatic) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to create space for new objects): χωρέω (khōréō) (Ancient Greek), gør plads (Danish), tehdä tilaa (Finnish), Platz machen (German), Platz schaffen (German), κάνω χώρο (káno chóro) (Greek), abrir espaço (Portuguese), face loc (Romanian), потесниться (potesnitʹsja) (Russian), подвинуться (podvinutʹsja) (Russian), yer açmak (Turkish)

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      "sense": "to create space for new objects",
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      "sense": "to create space for new objects",
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