noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deadbeat
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At first he talked about his father, a l 950s version of a deadbeat dad who seldom paid child support.
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Advocates also said that the stereotype of the deadbeat dad as in jail or unemployed was a myth.
old
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A couple of years older than dad , she had lived in London for three decades, on and off.
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I remembered the old photo of Grandma Nell holding my five-year-old dad in that open-cockpit biplane.
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Surely, if i beg nicely, he will lend his old dad four hundred quid.
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She still comes to see her old dad , my little girl.
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My old dad got really wild if you said he was working-class.
■ VERB
ask
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Socialism does not work. Ask your dad or any citizen of the Soviet Republic..
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I remember asking my dad constantly to build me a hoop.
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If her mum was asking her dad then she was going.
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But Quigley was not in a mood to ask why my dad had returned to earth.
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He wouldn't go back to those flats in a hurry; he'd ask Mum where his dad was.
call
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Despite encouragement, he still couldn't call his stepfather dad .
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Jack liked him but he didn't love him yet and couldn't call him dad .
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I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital.
see
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He scoops up the ball and sees John's dad a hundred feet away.
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What you saw with dad is what you got.
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He started to back away, just as he had when he saw my dad .
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Straight home? she wondered, then decided she'd go down to the front and see if her dad was there.
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Go and see your dad , ask this girl to come with you?
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I am going to see my dad in London tonight.
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I'd avoided stopping off to see mum and dad .
talk
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And I couldn't talk to mum and dad .
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They talked constantly about their dad , as though he were perfect.
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Marion searched for him in the crowded room, and found him at last, talking to Sue's dad near the window.
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I almost never talk to my dad so directly, and he sat down, my words pushing him into the recliner.
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Zoe talks her dad into letting her have driving lessons but she and Janine drive Garry to distraction.
tell
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We asked you to tell us why your dad was Top of the Pops and you kept those letters pouring in.
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I told his dad that we could help him.
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Don't be afraid to tell your mum and dad how you feel.
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We'd better tell ... tell, tell, tell your mum and dad .
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She can't tell her dad , so she calls Keith and he comes into the hospital.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dad , can I help?
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Can I borrow your car, Dad ?
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My dad retired ten years ago.
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Was your dad angry when you got home?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But my dad wanted a son.
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I remembered the old photo of Grandma Nell holding my five-year-old dad in that open-cockpit biplane.
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If her mum was asking her dad then she was going.
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Talk to your mom before your dad shows up.
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Tell dad to bring your chair in here.
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You've got a mom, a dad and a couple or three kids.