PARTY


Meaning of PARTY in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a birthday party

Can you come to my birthday party next Saturday?

a Christmas party (= a party held around Christmas )

What are you wearing for the Christmas party?

a coach party (= a group of people who travel by coach )

We’re organizing a coach party to the theatre.

a coalition party

The treaty required the backing of both governing coalition parties.

a dinner party (= when someone's friends are invited for a special evening meal )

We are having a dinner party on Saturday.

a group/party of tourists

The guide was talking to a party of tourists.

a holiday/party/festive mood (= a happy mood in which you want to enjoy a holiday or party )

The fans were in a festive mood after their team won the championship.

a party conference (= for a particular political party )

the Labour party conference

a party dress (= for parties )

I need a new party dress for Christmas.

a party game

What's your favourite party game?

a party leader

Brown was quickly chosen as the party leader.

a party political broadcast (= a short television advertisement made by a political party )

How are party political broadcasts funded?

a party/wedding invitation

He had a wedding invitation from Rob and Jen.

a political party

I am not a member of any political party.

a surprise party

His friends had planned a surprise party for him.

bachelor party

block party

bridal party

cocktail party

dinner party

drinks party

fancy-dress party

an invitation to a fancy-dress party

follow/toe the party line (= to support the official opinion )

He refused to toe the party line.

garden party

giving a...party

We’re giving a small party for dad’s birthday next week.

gym/union/party etc membership (= membership of a particular group )

How much do you pay for your gym membership?

hen party

house party

house-warming party

a house-warming party

impromptu speech/party/meeting etc

The band gave an impromptu concert.

lawn party

office party

party animal

party favor

party line

He refused to toe the party line.

party piece

party policy

State ownership is party policy.

party political broadcast

a party political broadcast on television

party political

a party political broadcast on television

party politics (= trying to make your party successful )

He believes that party politics has no place in local government.

party politics

The decision was influenced by party politics.

party pooper

party propaganda

Public money should not be used to produce party propaganda.

party wall

party/political loyalty

Most of the people seem to vote according to party loyalty.

raiding party (= a group taking part in an attack )

search party

Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .

send out...search party

Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .

shooting party

The shooting party set off shortly before dawn.

slumber party

stag party

tailgate party

tea party

the majority party (= the party with the most seats in a parliament )

At that time, Labour was the majority party in Parliament.

the party faithful

Hess still has the support of the party faithful .

the party line (= the official opinion of a political party )

He found it hard to accept the party line on every issue.

the people’s party/army etc (= belonging to or popular with the ordinary people )

the People’s Liberation Army

Diana – the people’s princess

theme party

a Wild West theme party

third party

third party

Does third party insurance cover pay for this type of damage?

Tupperware party

warring factions/parties (= groups of people fighting each other )

wear sth to a party/a dance/an interview etc

I’m wearing a scarlet dress to the party.

welcoming committee/party

I was met by a welcoming committee.

working party

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

communist

In 1946, during his student years, he joined the Communist party .

The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .

Politically, power drifted toward the security services ... while the inner life of the Communist parties petrified.

They were turning towards Marxism, often of a neo-Trotskyist variety, and almost never via the Labour or Communist parties .

conservative

That achievement represents a larger share of a larger national product and the Conservative party can be extremely proud of it.

The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties both recently announced their Net plans for the nation.

After the 1945 election more than a quarter of the Conservative parliamentary party had been at Eton.

If the strictures of the Conservative party against the implications of socialism were implemented, there would be no housing benefit.

The Conservative and Unionist party will fight the next general election as the party of the Union.

That is another reason why, for the sake of our economy, we must stick with the Conservative party .

democratic

Led by the Social Democratic party of the prime minister, Ivica Racan, it only came to power 18 months ago.

The ruling party won 103 mayorships, the leftist Democratic Revolution party took 59, and center-right National Action won 39.

The Democratic party has won the presidency only once out of the last six elections since 1964.

The leadership of the Democratic party was anxious for him to declare his intentions about running for the second term.

Such behaviour is not suited to a democratic socialist party of the 1990s.

In other words, he was opposed to the policies of both the Democratic and Republican parties .

Nader advanced a variety of conflicting predictions for the Democratic party over the course of an hour.

A unified Democratic party versus an ideologically split Republican party.

interested

To find out we asked a number of interested parties for their own budget proposals.

An international organisation or specialised agency may also be an interested third party to a non-constitutive treaty between States.

Potentially, this is the simplest, most effective form of daily communication between pilots, authorities and other interested parties ever.

As far as we are aware, at present, this title has been agreed by all interested parties .

Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.

I have photos if any interested party would care to have a preview.

labour

The Labour party is certainly in opposition now.

But since the Labour party is nonsexist, clearly we were mistaken.

Which is the true view of the Labour party ?

Since 1987 the Labour party has undergone considerable changes in both policies and organisation.

I only wish that the Labour party had the same openness of mind.

If he were here, it would be interesting to know how that deficit would be reflected in Labour party policy.

However, I welcome without any difficulty the progression in Labour party thinking from a first-past-the-post system to a system of proportionality.

main

Backing for the main opposition party surged in some parts of the country.

The respondents were asked to pick statements that described the supporters of the main political parties in their countries.

Both the main parties were split with Labour more favourable to television than the Conservatives.

Labour is much the stronger of the two main opposition parties .

As for wartime political activity, this was naturally inhibited for all the main parties by the electoral truce.

They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.

Meanwhile the main search party was still at Cushendall, searching each house and property.

They indicated that both of the main political parties had reached a similar conclusion.

major

Every major political party was faced with offering solutions to these problems and governments were measured by the effectiveness of their actions.

She was the first black woman to make a keynote address to the national convention of a major political party .

The document left many questions unanswered and when it was not endorsed by any major party figure it slid into oblivion.

The Czech Republic, for example, has now reduced its party system to eight major parties.

If there is any net switching, which major party would benefit?

Political consistency, however, has never been mandatory in either major party .

Whatever the fortunes of the major political parties , it is likely that managers will be coping with rapid change.

Two-Party Systems A two-party system is characterized by the alternation in governmental power of two major political parties .

national

The candidates of the main parties are selected locally, though the national party in each case retains some veto power.

The core activists in both the local groups and the national party tend to be radical in their politics.

Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations.

People find a purity in them which they do not find in secular, national parties .

The records of local Labour parties reveal that Labour's feverish organizational activities were not confined to the national party alone.

The representatives from seventeen national parties at the Paris conference were quite plainly non-attenders in the established church of politics.

For as much as I reject the demo mentality, I also despair at the apolitical bipartisanship of our national mainstream parties .

new

Many of the new parties also made calls for further political reforms.

Many Protestant Unionists also had doubts about the new party .

Among those tipped to become the new party chief is Mr Wolfgang Berghofer, Dresden's reformist mayor.

It has the advantage of being a new party , and is forecast to have 15 % of the intended vote.

Outhwaite names' champion Peter Nutting is to head a new working party to co-ordinate syndicate action groups.

In California there was nothing new about enfeebled parties .

political

As President, Özal refused to consider an immediate suspension of the constitutional ban on political parties .

Even if an individual does not have strong party identification, political parties can be an important source of political knowledge.

By law, political parties could be banned only by a court decision, which had not been received.

Party systems are generally classified according to the number of political parties and the interactions among the parties in the governing process.

A new constitution was adopted transforming a loose federation of affiliated organisations into a centralised national political party .

Existing political parties were banned, and a period of military rule followed.

Existing political parties were banned; after a period of military rule a single-party system was established in 1969.

republican

And in Dusseldorf police said a member of the Republican party suffered a heart attack after being beaten up by demonstrators.

Those ideas may not have been original, but they helped move the Democratic and Republican parties toward changes in the system.

But it was hardly the end of his troubles or of debate about his future as a leader of the Republican party .

In other words, he was opposed to the policies of both the Democratic and Republican parties .

Powell spoke hours after the right wing of the Republican party began to unify behind Dole.

Interest groups have always been with us, but they used to operate within coalitions called the Democratic and Republican parties .

A unified Democratic party versus an ideologically split Republican party.

The Republican party has traditionally been a staunch champion of the vested interests, and it still is.

ruling

Rarely has division within a ruling party been so bitter.

The close integration of labour with the ruling party means that labour has no independent base.

Her arrest was attributed to her village leader's opposition to the state ruling party .

But the ruling party's congress last month promised to establish a multi-party democracy.

small

True, it keeps out small parties .

The group of smaller Catholic parties allied with Berlusconi hold 34 seats.

In 1988 it allowed thirteen very small parties to secure 41 of the Knesset's 120 seats.

This was followed by weeks of bargaining with the smaller parties over ministerial posts and policies.

It's known there was a small party in the house last night.

If a small party is under-represented, it follows that some bigger party or parties will be over-represented.

The real business gets done at working lunches and small dinner parties .

It would be dominated by Swapo, and two minor deputy cabinet minister posts would be given to small opposition parties .

tory

The Tory party used cash and back channels and foreign donations to influence elections and change laws.

It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party .

In theory, the Tory constituency parties could come to the rescue.

Mr. Enright I nearly called him the chairman of the Tory party - I apologise.

Many Tory party cheer-leaders boast that there has been a cultural revolution.

Their relationship to the officially recognised Liberal, Labour and Tory parties has been close.

The Tory party has not said that it would ensure that rural areas do not suffer disproportionately as a result.

working

Ernest Marples, Macmillan's Transport Minister, appointed two working parties to find solutions.

Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel.

A working party established under will publish its report shortly.

An Institute working party was charged with updating the guidelines.

A joint EC-ACP committee would be set up to discuss co-operation on international commodity agreements and specialized working parties .

Sometimes it merits a separate sub-group or working party of its own.

The working party , chaired by James Morgan, studied crime prevention programmes.

■ NOUN

birthday

So this was what a birthday party was like.

After Jasper died, Abigail told me what he said to her at a birthday party he gave me.

Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two.

I went to school and each year I had a birthday party .

Just a few weeks ago, Sefton was enjoying his thirtieth birthday party .

I remember that my aunts thereafter decided that only cousins could come to our birthday parties .

Von Steinholz had been drunk at his birthday party two hours earlier.

But there was little time to do more than plan a very small birthday party in 1988.

cocktail

The technical supremo is Caroline Fawcett-Inne whose previous experience was organising a cocktail party in a punt one May Week.

Stella Adler had called to invite Alvin to a cocktail party .

It was at a cocktail party in the prestigious Monomatapa Hotel.

Dearest Timothy Miss Addison had a cocktail party , as she calls it, for four cats in the building.

Paula always held open-house cocktail parties on Tuesdays and Fridays, and if you were a friend, no invitations were required.

But the big scene happens at a cocktail party in the home of a famous plastic surgeon.

The sort who bore you at cocktail parties .

I want to get to the cocktail party when some of the other guests already are leaving.

dinner

It was the second weekend after the dinner party .

The weekly dinner parties , the teas and lunches ceased.

In the past, she had played hostess at dinner parties there.

A recent large dinner party for Sen.

I lay in my room like a dead body and I listened to Elizabeth thinking about her dinner party .

Then I came back here to change, before I joined my wife at a dinner party .

At dinner parties , people were so busy chewing there was scarcely time for conversation.

leader

It is not impossible, in this highly charged atmosphere, that the party leader will be replaced by the weekend.

Estes Kefauver by party leaders , with Harry Truman at their helm.

No Socialist bastion remained intact, no government minister or party leader unthreatened.

The Kansan is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.

The former party leader and foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, became effective head of state in March 1992.

But party leaders have continued to anoint candidates in important local races.

What was left of their election reporting consisted of brief clips from the itineraries of the party leaders .

That selection will be confirmed when party leaders gather in Washington next week.

member

One soldier even hid from Yakovlev the fact that he was a party member .

After the convention, party members will vote by mail and electronically to pick the nominee.

Political activism of party members also varies over time.

He has dumped several party members for violating his personal moral standards.

The 367 congress delegates represented over 60,000 party members .

All deputies were either party members or carefully vetted non-party people.

Ex-Labour party member , Liverpool 9.

I have discovered a dress code among Labour party members .

opposition

It is also true that the two main Opposition parties have energy policies which are flatly contradicted by their environmental policies.

In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions.

In addition there are 23 smaller opposition parties .

When legislative elections were held in 1990 under domestic and international pressure, the opposition party won 392 of 485 contested seats.

By Christmas all three main opposition parties had dissolved themselves.

The birth takes place under threatening skies. Opposition parties are boycotting the vote.

Called by the five main opposition parties and by trade unions, the protest took place with government consent.

In addition there are a number of banned opposition parties operating either underground or in exile.

politics

It was not until 1973 that he gave up party politics for good.

There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.

Observers suggested that the election reflected widespread disillusionment with traditional party politics .

The Judicature Society reported that half of the male federal judges were active in party politics before their election to the bench.

Their loyalty was therefore to some profounder vision of Britain than that expressed in mere party politics .

This is not a matter of party politics or personalities or policies or even principles.

The Treasury saw financial control as being concerned with sound finance and above party politics .

Whoever bears the responsibility, the domination of local government by party politics is now almost complete.

tea

Plainly they had interrupted a mourning tea party .

Girls practiced proper behavior, or etiquette, at tea parties .

They are having a tea party .

The book describes how to give a tea party .

Other opportunities Tea parties - birthday parties in particular.

I think you should let me throw you a little tea party or something.

Preparation work stopped one day for a tea party .

■ VERB

throw

He threw out no sounding parties too weak to guarantee their own safety, and he lost none of them.

I guess the modern equivalent of the actual party would be that Reform joke Ross Perot threw together.

He threw a small private party at the Turnberry Hotel and he invited me.

In 1982 Tom celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as a Jesuit, and the parish threw him a party .

Can we throw a party or what?

With the birth of his firstborn son, the nobleman had thrown an elaborate party for hundreds of guests.

AT&T is going to throw a party to end all parties at Uniforum next month.

We could also throw vast parties there.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

advance party/team

Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.

Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.

Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.

I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.

In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.

One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.

Our advance party had done a big job.

Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.

along religious/ethnic/party etc lines

In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines .

In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines .

It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines .

On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines .

The committee voted 21-16, along party lines , to empower Burton.

The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines .

The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines .

be no tea party

breakaway group/party/movement

De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.

Members of a breakaway group who blocked traffic in University Square the same evening were forcibly dispersed by police.

Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.

Thus the breakaway group, organizing its own exhibition, was an obvious initiative.

drunken party/orgy/brawl etc

Robyn had two casual heterosexual encounters at this time, both one-night stands after rather drunken parties, both unsatisfactory.

They are extremely handsome and sensual, and glory in a drunken brawl.

farewell party/dinner/drink etc

A celebration, a farewell party.

Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.

On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.

She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.

The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.

Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.

interested party/group

All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting.

Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.

At the other end of the political spectrum, some left-leaning think tanks take money from interested parties.

Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties.

Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.

Information memoranda should not be sent to interested parties until a signed confidentiality letter has been received.

Local authorities must also respond to requests for information from a variety of interested groups.

That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties.

The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.

make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc

the guilty party

And they'd find the guilty party: a giveaway print of designer lipstick mars the rim.

Fines of up to 10 percent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed.

How dared he act as though she were the guilty party?

Say they believed they had the guilty parties.

Some critics might favour the pragmatic solution of convicting both, to ensure that the guilty party does not escape justice.

The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties.

The rest of the audience cranes its collective neck to spot the guilty party.

Yet economic mismanagement at home will often be the guiltier party. % % Rrrrrrrrecession?

the injured party

Alternatively, an illness may befall the injured party.

As far as Nicolo was concerned, he was the injured party.

These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party.

This aspect of the Tynagh discovery was never reported in the press and litigation was not initiated by the injured parties.

When her assailant spoke he sounded almost offended, which struck Rachel as strange since she appeared to be the injured party.

When they arrived the woman began crying, behaving as the injured party.

the life and soul of the party

third party insurance/cover/policy

Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.

With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.

throw a party

He threw a huge party to celebrate making his first million dollars.

The German club is throwing a party this Friday night.

The Krugers threw an impromptu cocktail party for him in the backyard.

The staff and patients threw a going-away party for Dr Rogers.

As Bruce Willis discovered the night he threw a party and the police turned up.

AT&T is going to throw a party to end all parties at Uniforum next month.

Can we throw a party or what?

Earlier this year they threw a party and got their mates round to sample the goods.

One evening, after the hospital was closed, the nurses threw a party.

She threw parties and invited gossip columnists.

They threw a party for me in the Tiger Hotel in uptown Columbia.

Traditionally for some, that means throwing a party on the Feast of Candelaria, Feb. 2.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A party of Japanese businessmen will be visiting the factory next week.

a birthday party

a search party

All party members will have the right to vote for the new leader.

All the major political parties have given their support to this initiative.

Both parties will meet again on Monday to discuss the contract.

Did you go to Stella's party ?

Foster, party of six, your table is ready.

He first joined the Communist party when he was a student.

How many people have they invited to the party ?

I gave my first dinner party last weekend.

I went to a cocktail party in the lobby of the Ritz once.

John was taking a party of tourists around the museum.

Office parties are fun if you're young, free, and single.

Over a hundred children came to the annual Christmas party .

The climbers did not return, and a search party was sent out to look for them.

The President was followed around by a small party of journalists.

The Republican Party now has a majority in Congress.

the Republican Party

We're having a party at my house. Do you want to come?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Does he agree that none of that would be the case if the Labour party was in charge?

It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine.

It wasn't exactly an exciting party , but the vice squad knocked on the door.

Save your energy at both dinner and luncheon parties.

The hostess chose a color for dishes, linens, decorations and even food, which set the theme for the party .

The money is frozen in the hands of a third party and not paid out to either side.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

out

When I went to bed at around two o'clock that night, everyone else was still out partying .

Then, last June, she keeled over frothing at the mouth while out partying with pals in a London club.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

advance party/team

Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.

Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.

Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.

I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.

In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.

One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.

Our advance party had done a big job.

Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.

along religious/ethnic/party etc lines

In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines .

In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines .

It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines .

On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines .

The committee voted 21-16, along party lines , to empower Burton.

The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines .

The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines .

be no tea party

breakaway group/party/movement

De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.

Members of a breakaway group who blocked traffic in University Square the same evening were forcibly dispersed by police.

Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.

Thus the breakaway group, organizing its own exhibition, was an obvious initiative.

drunken party/orgy/brawl etc

Robyn had two casual heterosexual encounters at this time, both one-night stands after rather drunken parties, both unsatisfactory.

They are extremely handsome and sensual, and glory in a drunken brawl.

farewell party/dinner/drink etc

A celebration, a farewell party.

Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.

On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.

She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.

The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.

Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.

interested party/group

All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting.

Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.

At the other end of the political spectrum, some left-leaning think tanks take money from interested parties.

Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties.

Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.

Information memoranda should not be sent to interested parties until a signed confidentiality letter has been received.

Local authorities must also respond to requests for information from a variety of interested groups.

That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties.

The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.

the guilty party

And they'd find the guilty party: a giveaway print of designer lipstick mars the rim.

Fines of up to 10 percent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed.

How dared he act as though she were the guilty party?

Say they believed they had the guilty parties.

Some critics might favour the pragmatic solution of convicting both, to ensure that the guilty party does not escape justice.

The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties.

The rest of the audience cranes its collective neck to spot the guilty party.

Yet economic mismanagement at home will often be the guiltier party. % % Rrrrrrrrecession?

the injured party

Alternatively, an illness may befall the injured party.

As far as Nicolo was concerned, he was the injured party.

These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party.

This aspect of the Tynagh discovery was never reported in the press and litigation was not initiated by the injured parties.

When her assailant spoke he sounded almost offended, which struck Rachel as strange since she appeared to be the injured party.

When they arrived the woman began crying, behaving as the injured party.

the life and soul of the party

third party insurance/cover/policy

Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.

With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I could party all night long!

I just got paid and I'm ready to party .

They partied till 7 in the morning.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Be safe, stay home and let professionals handle the partying.

On the other hand, she wants to party all the time.

Prefontaine was legendary for his ability to sweat out the damage done by partying in grueling training runs the next day.

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