save room
Keep capacity available
Save room means to leave space or capacity for something anticipated, especially when eating: Save room for dessert.
The phrase implies deliberate restraint now in order to accommodate something later.
It extends beyond food to any situation requiring reserved capacity: Save room in your schedule for unexpected meetings.
- reserveSupply kept back
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- doggy bagContainer for restaurant leftovers
- dessertSweet course after dinner
make space · sweet tooth · portion · stomach · full belly · squeeze · squeeze in · hold · spare · seat · scoot over · accommodate · full · plate · seconds · appetite · belly · stretch
- appetitehungry, hunger, starving, famished, ravenous
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, dig in, come and get it, help yourself
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- game worldsgame world, Hyrule, Azeroth, open world, Skyrim
eating restraint
save roompig out
Eat to excess
overeat · fill up · overindulge · go all out · clean your plate
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