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If you felt the player was being reckless/excessive then you should call a foul.
If you felt the elbow was a shove/push then you should call a foul (some players curl their elbow and hand together to push with: mini shove, etc).
Hooking, holding, restraining with elbows should be called a foul.
Incidental body-to-body (involving elbows) is not a foul.
In Europe elbows are frowned upon (but mostly ok if they're not to the kidneys, or chicken winging someone).
In America elbows seem to be frowned upon slightly less (elbow shoves/forearm shoves are not often called), I think.
Shoulder-to-shoulder is super clean, elbows are a grey area (although chicken winging is never ok), outstretched arms are not cool at all (pushing/shoving).