I. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
belt and braces
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It retains the Sympatex lining of the earlier model - belt and braces if you like.
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It was sealed with Sellotape and staples, a real belt and braces job.
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Three: portly old men should use belt and braces, in case their trousers burst open; the belt hides the disaster.
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Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alex braced his arms and pushed the car out of the road.
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The building uses steel poles to brace the roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each time an elderly man approached, he braced himself for it to be Stillman.
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Guy tensed the instant she moved, as though bracing himself for resistance.
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However, if you insist on sawing the post in place, brace it firmly.
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Now I get my rifle ready and brace myself, making sure of my footing.
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Patrick braced his head against the rest just as the crash came.
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The question was like a blow, causing Roz to brace herself against the sofa.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
knee
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I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace .
neck
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She's rushed to hospital on a stretcher in a neck brace .
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McInerney swam over to the co-pilot and put a neck brace on him.
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The hearing aid is replaced by the neck brace .
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No serious musicologist will be spotted in an audience minus a neck brace .
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The only doubt concerning whether she would succeed occurred before the tournament began, when she was spotted with a neck brace .
■ VERB
wear
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What a tragedy if that son had to wear a brace for the rest of his life.
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He told us she might need to wear a brace to correct it.
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By 40, I wore a brace on my left leg and used a motorized scooter to cover all but short distances.
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He wore a brace on the knee last season and caught 41 passes and scored two touchdowns.
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Vick wore a ski brace on his right ankle and moved as if he were knee-deep in powder.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Diane had to wear a neck brace for eight weeks after the accident.
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The steel beam serves as a brace for the ceiling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dozen suited men were fastening the edges of the insulator to the brace of the frame.
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I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace .
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Many Clutton players and supporters were still stunned by Royston Marley's brilliant brace of goals as they boarded the bus home.
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McInerney swam over to the co-pilot and put a neck brace on him.
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Once on the brace , he thought that was as far as he could go.
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Several children in this group needed a full brace in order to be able to stand.
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She bore the sliding brace of a credit-card franker.
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She exercised constantly, even when it hurt, and she eventually was able to walk without a leg brace .