leewayPronunciation: /ˈliːweɪ/Translate leeway | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of leeway noun [mass noun] 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°Phrases 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 finishleeway in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of leeway in the US English dictionary
