noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pack your things/belongings
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Kelly packed her things before breakfast.
sb’s few belongings/friends etc
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I gathered together my few possessions.
sb’s personal possessions/belongings/property
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All personal belongings should be clearly marked with the owner’s name.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
personal
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Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey.
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But we also brought food, stones found along the way, wild flowers, and objects from our personal belongings .
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Many of her clothes and personal belongings had been stolen.
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He told Kasturbal how to distribute his few personal belongings that lay around the cot.
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You don't wait to pick up personal belongings , you just get the hell out.
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They also leave favorite personal belongings .
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He said cash and personal belongings should be hidden away and staff rooms locked to maximise security.
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To go through all her husband's personal belongings sent back from the hospital where he died.
■ VERB
collect
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He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings .
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When they went back to their desks to collect their belongings , they found younger replacement workers already in their seats.
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Then he collected his belongings from the interview room and joined Rain on the landing.
gather
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The first of the sirens sounded distantly and she ran to the kitchen, gathering up her belongings with hands that shook.
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He gathered his belongings and left for good.
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The two women stood, gathered up their belongings , stepped down on to the platform.
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She gathers up a few belongings and runs away.
leave
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He had left some of his belongings behind, which would mean a return journey to go and collect them.
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Neither will have quit jobs, left families or lugged belongings across the country.
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We left our belongings hanging on the handlebars and skirted the hedgerow for blackberries.
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They also leave favorite personal belongings .
pack
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Adam packed his few belongings , then went next door and did the same for Billie.
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I walked down the corridors of Hard Class to my compartment, to pack my belongings .
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Even the tinkers camped nearby were packing up their few belongings and preparing to leave.
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Outsiders go home, they yelled at us over and over, until the day the missionaries started to pack their belongings .
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He packed his belongings , made his goodbyes, and parted from his hosts.
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So they packed their few belongings and rushed to southeast Washington.
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As she set down her cup, startling the sparrows, she thought she might even pack his belongings .
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Instead of trying to sort it out, he waits until I leave the house, then packs all his belongings and leaves.
put
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He put Kit's belongings on his bedroll and rolled everything up.
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He put his belongings into a musty old cupboard beside his bed.
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There was nowhere for us to put our belongings .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It doesn't cost much to insure your personal belongings .
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Soldiers searched through people's personal belongings .
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They packed all their belongings into the car and left the city that night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adam packed his few belongings , then went next door and did the same for Billie.
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Dad went indoors and brought out her belongings and placed them as she directed.
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He carried his few belongings balanced on his head.
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Her advice begins with an inventory of belongings , surroundings, problem areas and priorities.
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His eyes followed his teenage daughter as she walked around his bedroom, pocketing his belongings .
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It's a nuisance having to abandon my belongings , though.
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Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey.
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With no definitive ruling, however, he was quickly sent back to prison without his belongings .