I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boomerang generation
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The boomerang generation are saving thousands in rent by living at home.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Conflicts that hurt others can have a boomerang effect if management senses productivity has been lowered. 2.
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Diets work for some Numerous studies show both the failure rates of boomerang diets and an inherited susceptibility to obesity.
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Hey, who needs Dad when you have a boomerang ?
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Holthouse says he perceived that something connected the lights in a boomerang shape.
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I have read, or television has told me, about parts of space where the manmade boomerangs fly.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Developing a close relationship with your students can boomerang - you may lose their respect.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As passer-by Jane King dashed to help, the rogue car boomeranged backwards - and knocked her down.
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Sometimes, however, novel ideas can boomerang .
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The scheme boomeranged in both countries.
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The victims' demand for capital punishment has boomeranged on them, provoking sympathy for the person they most abhor.