I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
irresistible urge
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I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry.
resist the urge/impulse to do sth
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Bob resisted the urge to touch her hand.
satisfy an urge
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Her urge to travel had never been satisfied.
stifled...urge
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He stifled an urge to hit her.
urge caution
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Scientists are urging caution in research involving genes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
strongly
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The Parish council would, therefore, strongly urge your committee to refuse this application.
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They strongly urge the assorted presidents, prime ministers and corporate chieftains to come without their staffs and guards.
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All building society investors and financial advisers are strongly urged to check that they are getting the best rates available.
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The establishment of a national asylum had been strongly urged by sundry persons and medical societies since the late 1880s.
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The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks, and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter.
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I strongly urge you to just gently dress the pasta with the sauce.
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And I strongly urge them to send the tasty Kirstie to Mr Lovegrove's corner shop to get their rations.
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I strongly urge him to do so, if he can reach a sensible and reasonable compromise.
■ NOUN
authority
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Friends of the Earth is urging local authorities to use the new laws as a means of prosecuting polluting dump sites.
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She urged health authorities to carry out urgent research into the problem.
campaign
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Neither initiative had formal opposition campaigns , but both urged voters to not support the other.
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Janet started a mailing and telephone campaign urging members of our chapter who could to get themselves up there for the vote.
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He also initiated a staunch campaign urging retractions.
committee
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Other central committee members urged the party to speed up its own reform and to anticipate the changes happening in the country.
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The committee urged a ban on cameras, expressed in a recommendation that came to be known as Canon 35.
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That cross-party committee urged a multi-million pound subsidy and other measures to save half of the pits earmarked for closure last October.
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Cashman's report to the Citizens Rights Committee urged unprecedented access to official papers.
council
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He says it could cost some pensioners as much as £25 a week and is urging the council to think again.
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She said she will urge the council to defer action on those sections of the code dealing with wetlands.
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Michael Fishwick urged Darlington Council to hold the event.
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Instead, Golding urged her council colleagues to put future city building projects costing $ 50 million or more on the ballot.
government
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It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site.
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In 1994, he was urged by his government to kill.
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We urge the Government to do something about this urgently.
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It was suggested that we urge government to spend more money on our children, and I do so daily.
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I urge the Government to continue to resist the idea of more regulations being attached to employees.
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He urged the Government to listen to the representations of the 60,000 people of the Down area seeking a new hospital.
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He urged the Government to call in the army to help to incinerate slaughtered animals.
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A draft urged governments to tax up the price of tobacco to discourage its use.
member
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And the Council of Mortgage Lenders urged all members to consider following suit.
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Janet started a mailing and telephone campaign urging members of our chapter who could to get themselves up there for the vote.
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He urged members of the public to contact the council if there were any ugly advertising boards they wanted removed.
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As I constantly urge members - your signature is your most precious possession.
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He urged members to go to their Divisions and put forward more prospective tutors.
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Now the Darlington Association on Disability has urged members to monitor the effects of the ban.
parent
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Seat makers Klippan urged parents who have bought the seats since November 1 to contact the company.
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We urge parents to plan ahead for postpartum home help.
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He urged parents and churches to join a crusade against crime.
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She asked for identification and we'd urge all parents to do the same.
party
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Other central committee members urged the party to speed up its own reform and to anticipate the changes happening in the country.
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He urged state party leaders to work hard to win back Congress for the Democrats.
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Feigning fatigue, we urge a baffled party to evacuate before the witching hour.
president
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Top people in the White House urged the President to cancel the manned programme.
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They strongly urge the assorted presidents , prime ministers and corporate chieftains to come without their staffs and guards.
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Johnson urged the President to continue.
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That was a particularly black day for those of us who had urged the President to take on the Chief at Interior.
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On the basis of this analysis of the problem, I urged the President to stay strong in dealing with Gorbachev.
report
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The Royal College's report urges families to become involved, but this conflicts with the client's right to confidentiality.
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As a starter the Gaither Report urged an increase in defense spending to $ 48 billion.
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The report urges the Bank to co-operate with other organizations to build an agenda for sustainable exploitation of rainforest reserves.
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According to sources, the report urges paramilitary groups to commit themselves to exclusively democratic means and to total disarmament.
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The report urges greater coherence in research planning and co-ordination between the various funders.
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Dealing: The report urges much tougher sanctions on the suppliers of all illegal drugs.
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The report urges consumers to start demanding value for money, but music lovers are sceptical about what they can achieve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
animal urges/instincts etc
compelling need/desire/urge (to do sth)
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And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change.
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Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner.
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Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so.
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Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He gave copies of the report to all those present at the meeting, urging that they read and digest its contents.
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Herrera urged patience in the negotiations.
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Police are urging drivers not to come into London this weekend.
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The company's bosses are urging full cooperation with the trade union.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He urged newspapers not to identify criminals by religion.
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It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site.
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Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words.
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She had urged me to go out on my own, to start my own company.
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They urge their students to see the parallels between the lives they are studying and their own.
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This has often led him to tighten monetary policy while everybody around was urging him to ease.
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What induced them to do this is not known, but Creon urged it and Oedipus' sons consented to it.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
irresistible
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As soon as they sit down and relax again, this irresistible urge returns.
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By concentrating only on the sound, I lost the irresistible urge to hit the ball hard.
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Or perhaps they felt an irresistible urge to act as Guardians of Truth.
overwhelming
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First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.
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I can cheerfully admit that it made no impact on me apart from an overwhelming urge to be violently sick.
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Their high-kitsch varnish was offset by an overwhelming urge to educate.
strong
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A strong creative urge led him to experiment with collage, which he finds deeply satisfying.
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Yet this notion was conquered by a stronger urge I could not deny.
sudden
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If you have a sudden urge to do something - as long as it can not harm you or others - act on it!
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She fought back the sudden urge to run to him, to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness.
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I have a sudden urge to touch her, to hold her, to tell her I know how she feels.
■ VERB
control
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But I learnt to control my baser urges a long time ago.
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Try to control the urge to scratch.
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We must be careful in controlling our natural urges to defy musical interpreters.
feel
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Not that any Ewing ever seemed to feel the urge .
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He felt the urge to apologize, then subdued it.
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She felt a hot urge to strangle the child, but controlled herself.
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Even Brahmins can do self destructive things, feel unsavory urges .
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But I feel full of urges .
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You too might feel the urge to plow up the back yard and plant white Rhone varietals.
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For once he felt no urge to share his knowledge with her.
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We become drowsy and feel a keen urge to sleep.
fight
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She fought the futile urge to draw breath.
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He fought the urge to jump out of the wagon and run toward them.
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Willie fought back the urge to leave, to scramble back up the embankment and join his mates as if nothing had happened.
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She fought back the sudden urge to run to him, to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness.
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I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach.
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Donaldson fought the urge to put his tongue out.
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Dauntless himself was fighting an urge to doze.
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She fought against the urge to bunch her left hand into a fist.
get
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Do teenagers whose talents have been recognised at school get the urge to smash up the premises?
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I get the urge to move, now and then.
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Cosmopolitans have more sophisticated tastes these days, but we still get an urge for spaghetti.
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When I get like that, I get my urge to shout.
resist
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You resist the urge to test the weight on the lid again, because by now you've forgotten how it felt before.
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Corrigan resisted the urge to grab him by the arm and hold him.
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Will we as lawyers use our privileged positions to extend our influence, or resist the urge to make ourselves indispensable?
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But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead.
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Yanto resisted the urge to rush things.
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Bernice could hardly resist the urge to turn and run, but she supported Defries and retreated step by step.
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With difficulty Shiona resisted the urge to phone him up at home and demand an explanation.
stifle
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She stifled an urge to brain her son with it, and instead placed it in the sink.
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Jody stifles the urge to call a time-out and berate them.
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Billy stifled the urge to laugh out loud.
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But such policies could not stifle all urges to freedom.
suppress
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A bitter reply rose to Alexei's lips, but he suppressed the urge to utter it.
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I had to suppress the urge to jump down, run after them and argue some sense into them.
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He suppressed the urge to respond, to tease an answer to the question out of himself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was fighting the urge to drink as he waited for her to come down.
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I felt a sudden urge to tell him all my problems.
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sexual urges
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She was seized with the urge to drag Alice from her chair and shake her.
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Sheena resisted the urge to get in her car and go home.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bedford felt the urge to have a go but suppressed it.
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Behavioral modification is often used for women with urge incontinence.
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But the urge to indulge, never rational, never completely disappears.
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If you have the same urge for desert places - go now.
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More crudely, they are written off as a rampaging mob, victim to primitive urges or the machinations of conspirators.
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Most individuals experience the urge to defecate on morning awakening and after meals, when colonic motility is known to peak.