I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a door slams/bangs (shut) (= shuts loudly )
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I heard the front door slam.
grand slam
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Wales won the Grand Slam.
pull/kick/slam sth shut
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He pulled the trapdoor shut over his head.
slam dunk
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The biggest legal slam dunk came when a judge sentenced four men to 505 years in prison.
slam on/jam on/hit the brakes (= use them suddenly and with a lot of force )
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The car in front stopped suddenly and I had to slam on the brakes.
slam the phone down (= put it down hard, because you are angry )
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I was so mad I just slammed the phone down.
slam/bang the door (= shut it loudly, usually because you are angry )
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He strode from the room, slamming the door behind him.
sth slams/bangs shut
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The front door slammed shut.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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It flung open and slammed back against the wall.
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Sharpe slammed back his heels and took off down the road as if the demons of hell were at his heels.
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She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals.
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As the freighter slammed back down, the solid rock above began to loosen, huge boulders crashing into the decks.
down
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I slammed down my cup and stood up.
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Seconds passed slowly, then I saw the other half come slamming down .
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Again a door slammed down below.
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It slammed down with a violent impact upon a desk in the first row.
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All that dealers needed was the ability to persist after the phone had been slammed down on them.
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Quinn crossed the lobby fifteen seconds after slamming down the phone.
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With a sudden lurch, the phone slams down and a great hand goes out in greeting.
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Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car.
home
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He jabs his finger to slam home his message and he is happy to press flesh and kiss babies.
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The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home .
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There was no spasmodic jerking, nothing but the angry resurgence of the phosphorus embers as the bullets slammed home .
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The result Kelly too a tumble and Gavin Peacock slammed home the kick.
■ NOUN
brake
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Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
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My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes .
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If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes .
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All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
car
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Then he leapt into the police car , slammed it into gear and drove off.
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He got out of the car and slammed the door.
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Then there was a commotion somewhere outside and a car door slammed , followed by a motor being raced into life.
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The other one began loosing shots into the car , sending bullets slamming into the backs of the seats.
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The car door slammed , and he was gone.
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He nodded a goodbye, forced a smile, then eased himself into his car and slammed the door.
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Suddenly the car slams to a halt.
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As the car door slammed , she stood up, eyes anxious about the living room.
door
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Millet grinned and stepped out on to the landing and behind him the door slammed cheerfully.
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A door slammed between her and the person she loved most.
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From her vantage point inside the doorway, Lily saw Mrs Arbuthnot open the front door and slam it after her.
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His wailing faded, a door slammed shut.
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As she heard the noise of the front door slamming she awoke with a feeling of relief.
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The screen door slams behind me.
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I heard a car pull up in front of the apartment and heard the door slam shut.
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At 44, she found most doors slammed shut.
fist
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He slammed his clenched fist into the desk, and began to cry.
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I slammed my fist on the table.
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Vologsky slammed his fist down upon the table as the injustice of it all descended upon him again.
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As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe's head.
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Very nearly slammed her fist on the table and launched into the ancient and terminally tedious arguments of the left.
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Leave the hands on your collar but slam your fist or elbow into the attacker's nose.
hand
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He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table, causing some of the bottles to topple over.
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But during batting practice a line drive slammed off his left hand , and he had to be scratched.
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He slammed his hand on the desk and, in a quick tipsy glide, slid behind me.
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Lorton slammed his hand on it.
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Lori Garbacz was not quite so fortunate when an open window slammed shut on her hands breaking two of her fingers.
lid
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Dropping her soap-bag on top of the folded clothes, she slammed the case lid down and ferociously snapped the fastenings.
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He threw the last items into his suitcase and slammed the lid down and locked it.
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He unlocked the boot, scrambled in, and slammed the lid on himself.
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Terror jolted through me, and I pushed the book back into the polished box, and slammed its lid shut.
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All catch sight of each other and slam down lids .
phone
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But although she slammed the phone down in fine style, she was shaken horribly.
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So you can understand why when you called I wanted to slam down the phone .
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On Thursday Major Vanavskaya suffered her first serious set-back, let out a very unladylike expletive and slammed the phone down.
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She answered, then slammed down the phone when she got no response.
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He tried to calm her, but she slammed the phone down on him.
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I could tell Roque was trembling with anger, and I admit to feeling bad when he slammed down the phone .
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Dully punching Lucy's old number, slamming the phone down on unattainable.
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Quinn crossed the lobby fifteen seconds after slamming down the phone .
receiver
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Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car.
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He slammed the receiver down so hard that the plastic cracked.
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Even though he sounded apologetic, Celestine slammed down the receiver .
wall
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Another time Joe heard his adopted teenage brother Ron being slammed against a wall .
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It was the supreme test Manville was aware of his back slamming against a wall .
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He was slammed into the wall with crushing force and enough power to knock the wind from him.
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It flung open and slammed back against the wall .
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He staggered, his back slamming against the wall across the aisle.
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His Ferrari barrel-rolled twice before slamming into a tyre wall , but Schuey walked away without a scratch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bankers slammed Congress' plans to cap interest rates on credit cards.
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Conditions over the Pacific could cause huge storms to slam California this winter.
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He slammed the door so hard that the glass cracked.
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Jane marched out of the room slamming the door behind her.
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Outside in the street, car doors slammed and people were shouting.
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Police slammed drivers for ignoring safety warnings.
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She heard a door slam shut and the sound of footsteps on the path.
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Sullivan never misses a chance to slam the tobacco industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.
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Comparatively, Northridge came through almost untarnished, and Los Angeles emerged shaken but hardly slammed.
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He threw the last items into his suitcase and slammed the lid down and locked it.
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Paul Lambert then met Moravcik's cut-back and slammed his side's third past the goalkeeper.
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She hastened back into the corridor and slammed the door.
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Terror jolted through me, and I pushed the book back into the polished box, and slammed its lid shut.
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The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home.
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While you can click the 42oG's doors shut with fingertip pressure, slam them and they rattle.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
door
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And they heard a door slam inside.
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And that was when Petey and Ted had to run into the house laughing and letting the screen door slam behind them.
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Standing there in the drizzling rain, he heard her back door slam .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And that was when Petey and Ted had to run into the house laughing and letting the screen door slam behind them.
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She jumped at the slam and swiveled her head toward the whispers coming from behind the white stairs.