noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ASP baton
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
charge
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Then there was the police baton charge .
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This onslaught was driven back by a police baton charge in the course of which four youths were slightly hurt.
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He told Heatley that he had been walking along the footpath when the police had made a baton charge .
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She was running down Duke Street, away from the baton charge , when she was arrested.
■ VERB
pass
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When I come home she passes the baton to me so she can rest.
take
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It was left to the capital's campuses to take up the baton .
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His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.
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In the 4x200 meter relay, he took the baton trailing two other anchors by 12 meters.
use
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The police used their batons indiscriminately, bringing down anyone in their path.
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They struggled, but police used batons .
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For some choral music - the Missa Solemnis we were watching on film - you don't use a baton either.
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The security forces responded rapidly, using tear gas and batons .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A baton twirler carried the flag.
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His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.
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I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid.
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Illus.1 conveys this well, not least by the way the baton is shown as held some way towards the middle.
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In the last few days, you may have seen a horrifying video of police armed with Q-tips instead of batons.
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Karajan, it seems, always had a superb baton technique.
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Martin, arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson's head.
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Not the tapping baton of Conductor Richard Armstrong-although his powers over an able orchestra become evident soon enough.