noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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She made herself some tea and took some aspirin and paced about the flat.
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I took an aspirin and slept until it was light enough in the corridor to find the toilet.
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Had to take twenty aspirin a day for ten years the pain was so great.
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Other things being equal, taking aspirin will result in higher and longer-lasting blood alcohol levels.
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Exercise is not a short-term cure like taking an aspirin to cure a headache.
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Many doctors now take an aspirin every other day themselves, as a hedge against heart attacks.
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Apply cold compresses and take aspirin or another nonprescription pain reliever if necessary, says KleinSchwartz.
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When Grandpa had his heart attack, he took one aspirin and went to bed early.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A couple of cookies are as good as a couple of aspirin .
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Any patient who has vascular disease should be on long-term aspirin .
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At my house Jasper kept an electric razor, a toothbrush, and he saw to it that I always had aspirin .
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Meye etal reported that tight junctions in the canine gastric mucosa were significantly damaged by exposure to aspirin .
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On the other hand, aspirin is safer, cheaper and more readily available than most drugs.
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So, if you're popping down a daily aspirin , keep the pop music down too.
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Still, caffeine is not aspirin .
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The proportion receiving aspirin within the first 24 h may be substantially lower.