noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flak jacket
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
jacket
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Tucking himself into a ball of boots and flak jacket , the Squat bounced and rolled half a dozen times.
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Primo notices his dark swollen belly, pushing out between the flaps of a green flak jacket .
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All the officers involved in the operation were armed and wore flak jackets .
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Throughout the campaign troops have been issued with various flak jackets which give a degree of protection against low velocity rounds.
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The police donned flak jackets of laminated kevlar and webbing belts with pouches for spare magazines and stun grenades.
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The shoulders were padded like a flak jacket , with fringed epaulettes.
■ VERB
take
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I smiled some more and took the flak as the lady was forced to wait.
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It's all or nothing and being strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong.
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Baker, despite his 17 goals, has taken some flak from fans at the Victoria Ground.
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But it was Sarah who was left to take the flak .
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He'd have to take the flak for having a lift with Mrs Wright.
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Streisand took the flak and Twentieth Century-Fox executives braced themselves for a financial disaster.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, you can see I feel confused about it still, because I couldn't face the flak from your friends.
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I smiled some more and took the flak as the lady was forced to wait.
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Nor should he get all the union flak for doing exactly what he was hired to do.
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We descended down as the flak , which caused us no major problems, opened up.