I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
curls fall/tumble (= hang down )
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The child's golden curls fell around her shoulders.
rough and tumble
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the rough and tumble of public life
tumble dryer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
backwards
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They tumbled backwards together in a happy heap.
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Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards .
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Cora-Beth's foot had slipped between two of the bales and she had tumbled backwards , dragging Harry down on top of her.
out
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You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.
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The sword splits the tree in half and Adonis tumbles out .
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From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.
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They tumble out of campers, erect tripods and hoist arm-length lenses.
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A woman, naked except for an unbuttoned faded red blouse, tumbles out .
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The words tumble out , making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, and substance.
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The words tumbled out like machine gun fire.
over
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Perhaps a dustbin had tumbled over or another tile been flung from the roof.
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Blood spurted from her belly, spraying the stage, and she tumbled over .
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Great white clouds rolled above us, tumbling over the mountain summit as if eager to find quieter air.
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Firemen secured the bus with ropes to stop it tumbling over the edge before escorting the petrified passengers to safety.
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I tumbled over a drunk lying spreadeagled in the close.
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It had the desired effect - the gunman tumbled over the top of the fence, landing painfully on his back.
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Tulsa is a classic cottage garden, with more than 500 varieties of perennials tumbling over each other in a battle for space.
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There was even a small river tumbling over the edge in a waterfall so wind-whipped that it reached the ground as rain.
■ NOUN
hair
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Sara hated to think of how she herself must appear with her face devoid of make-up and her hair tumbled .
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She was a veritable Venus with her dark eyes and black, curling hair which tumbled down to her shoulders.
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Her hair , hastily tumbled in a top-of-the-head ponytail, was growing out from highlights.
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Her long blonde hair tumbled artistically about her person.
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Her face was long and thin, framed by mousy hair which tumbled down to her shoulders.
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Nadia and Selma lay sleeping quietly, their black hair tumbling out of their braids.
percent
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Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts.
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The Commerce Department reported that construction spending tumbled 1. 1 percent in June, the worst showing in six months.
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Kmart shares tumbled 13 percent from last week, closing at 7.
points
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The benchmark Nikkei average tumbled 169 points , or 0. 9 percent, to 20, 197.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 97. 19 points to 5032. 94.
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The 30-stock average tumbled 67. 55 points yesterday.
price
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The increase in rates initially sent London share prices tumbling .
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Orders are not met; stock prices can tumble .
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For during the 1980s the world price of coal had tumbled dramatically.
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The price of gold tumbled to a four-year low.
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Market makers took fright, presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.
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Natural gas prices also tumbled amid concern warmer weather would dampen demand for heating fuels.
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Land and building prices are tumbling - far faster even than in the West.
word
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You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.
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The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting.
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The words tumbled out like machine gun fire.
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At first he faltered, and then the words came tumbling out.
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The words had tumbled out in anger.
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The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, and substance.
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Once you write your list, your thoughts flow faster and the words tumble from one point to the next.
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When wound up, which was often, his words fairly tumbled out.
■ VERB
come
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Clenches his fist towards heaven and cries for it all to come tumbling around him.
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At first he faltered, and then the words came tumbling out.
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Then the stage came tumbling down.
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And the marriage comes tumbling down as Roth, like a Roth hero, demands to become unbound from marital ties.
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As the Holy Spirit filled me, the barriers came tumbling down.
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He watched a huge white mountain collapse and come tumbling down on him.
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Whole buildings, vehicles, and machinery came tumbling from above, wearing necklaces of fire.
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Alfred came downstairs, tumbled into his chair, and Inez jumped up and served him.
send
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His appointment is certain to send morale tumbling at the Smith Square headquarters.
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When he opened them to look, Ritchie bopped him with a right that sent him tumbling against the car.
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The Vikings thus ended their losing streak at four games, while sending the Raiders tumbling to their third consecutive loss.
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Not long after that he was sent tumbling helplessly through space when a cosmonaut unplugged the wrong cable.
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She screamed and kicked and sent him tumbling off the bed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A bus veered off the road and tumbled down the hill into the river below.
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A little girl tumbled about 30 feet from the window of her family's third-floor apartment.
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Grace's blonde hair tumbled down her back.
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On October 19, 1987, the stock market tumbled 508 points.
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She tumbled down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Charsky catapulted into a rocky obstruction after tumbling a thousand feet or so.
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Collins laid the attaché case on the low table, consulted the slip of paper and tumbled the rollers.
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Music had cleansed him as a river cleans a gorge through which it tumbles.
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Sara hated to think of how she herself must appear with her face devoid of make-up and her hair tumbled.
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Some tumbled off and ran no further.
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The movement only made it worse and the world continued to tumble for long seconds after.
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Then the loosened masonry began to tumble again.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
rough
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This started a real rough and tumble , with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.
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After a lifetime in politics he knows all about the rough and tumble of public life.
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She's only small and she's not used to such rough and tumble .
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No constitution is ever safe above the rough and tumble of political life.
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One of those cowardly specimens who observably flinched in the football tackle or too noticeably avoided the sporadic playground rough and tumble .
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This would have to be remembered in the rough and tumble of debate.
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In the rough and tumble of my street there was less luxuriance.
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In the rough and tumble atmosphere of the dealing room, nobody seemed to care.
■ NOUN
drier
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Even the washing machine and tumble drier have long been overtaken by advances in white goods technology.
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The Bakers had to take all our clothes and put them through the tumble drier !
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But it found that anything that produces water vapour - unvented tumble driers , for example - pushed up damp levels significantly.
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This was a partitioned area at the back of the kitchen which housed the washing machine, tumble drier and ironing stuff.
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Geoffrey dropped his hand down and turned on the tumble drier , it jerked and rumbled behind Noddy.
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You could put the tumble drier on at 2.30 instead of 4.30 in the afternoon.
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FoE pinpointed fridges, light bulbs, washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, and tumble driers as energy wasters.
dryer
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And the tumble dryer , was it still turning or was it the sound of the Meloch that was always with us?
■ VERB
take
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The prejudice of several centuries is about to take a tumble .
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Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.
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Millions of viewers saw presenter Howard Leader take the tumble wearing dark glasses and clutching a white stick.
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Should the stock market take a big tumble anytime soon, at least one investor is well positioned to benefit.
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True, the share price recently took a frightening tumble , but local activity has been maintained.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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That's quite a tumble you took.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Creed tripped over something lying in the grass and even his head-over-heels tumble seemed lazy and unreal.
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In certain light the sea goes green, a slow dullish tumble he watches from the deck.
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In the doorway stands 2-year-old Davell Payne, a few feet from a potentially fatal tumble down the stairwell.
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Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.
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This soft green womb formed an oasis of peace in the chaotic tumble that was Fashion Avenue.
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This started a real rough and tumble , with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.
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With its glass-reinforced-plastic exterior, the Minipod probably could survive such a tumble .