verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English
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The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.
a laundry/clothes basket (= for dirty clothes )
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Will you please put your socks in the laundry basket?
an item of clothing
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She’d bought a few items of clothing for her trip.
baby clothes/food
casual clothes
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Jean felt more comfortable in casual clothes .
clean clothes
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He had a shower and changed into clean clothes.
clothes basket
clothes brush
clothes hanger
clothes horse
clothes peg
comfortable clothes/shoes/boots etc
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You’ll need comfortable shoes for walking around the city.
designer clothes/jeans/suits etc
dirty clothes/washing/laundry
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She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes.
dress/clothes sense (= an ability to choose clothes well )
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Her dress sense was faultless.
dry clothes
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I had no dry clothes to change into.
food/clothes/meat etc ration
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the weekly meat ration
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a coal ration of 4 kg a month
fuel/clothes/food etc rationing
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News of bread rationing created panic buying.
ladies’ fashion/clothing/shoes etc
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ladies’ underwear
shoe/clothing/grocery etc store American English (= one that sells one type of goods )
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She worked in a grocery store before going to college.
street clothes (= ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume )
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She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.
swaddling clothes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fully
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Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.
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I took off my boots and lay down on the bed fully clothed .
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Children, many suffering from malnutrition, keep warm by doing exercises fully clothed .
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Condrey said he was still holding Higgins' hand when they walked into the water, fully clothed .
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After all I was fully clothed .
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But we all make concessions to age and physical erosion, so Young remained fully clothed on his naked bootleg.
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But even if she'd been fully clothed the chance of escape was gone before it arrived.
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It was like watching a postgame inter-view with an athlete, except that Roz was fully clothed .
on
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Within minutes, Tamika, squeaky clean for the first time in days, is proudly pulling the clothing on .
■ NOUN
article
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As Mami and Papi finished dressing, the girls watched, fussing at their tights, an uncomfortable new article of clothing .
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The SHTRAYml, like other articles of clothing , is an instance where the restriction was turned into an ornament.
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Casually remove articles of clothing throughout the course of the meaL Insult your companions.
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I tell her to look for an article of clothing he might have left behind and slash that instead.
body
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The way in which we clothe our bodies and accentuate our physical attributes can also build power.
change
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Matthew was, carrying a black grip with him and said it contained a change of clothing .
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She always has to carry an extra change of clothing with her in case she has an accident.
child
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The shift was an unbroken sixteen hours and the children were clothed in rags.
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How would the children be fed and clothed , on Army pay?
equipment
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I felt a mixture of emotions as I proceeded to unstrap my assortment of protective clothing and equipment .
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While on the floor, they must follow established health and safety practices and wear the required protective clothing and equipment .
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Its food, clothing and equipment drives were worth nearly as much.
food
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They include objects of precious metal. like the jewelry and famous gold mask, and food and clothing .
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Provisions: Food , clothing , shelter, transportation, education, medical care.
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The prisoners who escaped invariably turned up at their homes, where they were given accommodation, food and clothing .
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Rent, food , furniture, clothes ...
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An estimated 20m households depend on income from coffee to pay for food , clothing and education.
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We waited for food , clothing , medication.
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We delivered hot food , clothing , mail, and ammunition to them every day.
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There is urgent need there for food and clothing .
footwear
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Table 8.3 lists the major companies supplying sports clothing and footwear .
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If the consumer decides to participate then he or she will require a racket, shuttlecocks, clothing and footwear .
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They are: 1 membership and subscription fees 2 cost of equipment, clothing , and footwear .
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Although we have used the example of equipment here, in many ways the same applies to both sports clothing and footwear .
item
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These famously include: Name one item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers?
man
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The photos are of a tall, thin man in baggy clothing .
piece
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This unfortunately is the only piece of male outer clothing from the area.
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Every time we go out there and rake through a load, we turn over a piece of clothing and hope.
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Steam was rising everywhere, from each piece of clothing , from the spilled water.
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Nowadays I am accustomed to making deductions from a single piece of clothing or personal item associated with a crime.
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It must have been for the company, the contact, the occasional piece of clothing she made for Lucky.
shelter
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Red Cross volunteers are providing food, clothing and temporary shelter to the residents.
shoe
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The core of the sports industry is the sports goods sector: sports equipment, sports clothing , and sports shoes .
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Hamilton, who had never golfed, spent hundreds of dollars on clothing , shoes and clubs.
woman
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Is this the best way to show women how this clothing might stand up to real-world stresses and tribulations?
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Some governments now frown on the open sale of alcohol, and zealots harass young women wearing Western clothing .
■ VERB
feed
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The first was to enable the prison system to feed and clothe the prisoners through its own efforts.
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Merely earning enough money to keep a family housed, fed , and clothed is a major challenge for most people.
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You have no family to feed and clothe , you should have less of a problem.
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Perhaps this is because people are now better fed , housed and clothed .
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When she was born Eminem lived in a trailer park with little money from his kitchen job to feed or clothe her.
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Marshall Sahlins demonstrated that Paleolithic people needed to work only 14 hours a week to feed , clothe , and shelter themselves.
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The policy of Ellis, to feed and clothe the prison population from its own resources, has already been mentioned.
wear
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Some governments now frown on the open sale of alcohol, and zealots harass young women wearing Western clothing .
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Can teachers wear distinctively religious clothing in public schools?
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When he posed for me he wore street clothes .
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A woman and a girl wore Western clothing .
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Others wear sandals and tattered clothing .
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Workers wear protective clothing when they handle the monkeys.
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While on the floor, they must follow established health and safety practices and wear the required protective clothing and equipment.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wolf in sheep's clothing
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If ever there was a wolf in sheep's clothing this Bill is it.
best dress/shoes/clothes etc
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Everyone was in black because their best clothes were for funerals, and everyone danced.
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I washed them, then dressed them in their best clothes, but never new ones.
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She had her best shoes on, and a new hat.
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She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair.
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The best car, the wittiest put-down, and the best dress.
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The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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They would never let you in alone, even though you are wearing your best clothes.
change of clothes/underwear etc
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As any woman could tell you a change of clothes or hairstyle can instantly change the way people think about you.
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But I decided I wanted a change of clothes in the morning and my own bed that night.
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Clarisa passed him over to me at the window seat so she could pull out a change of clothes.
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Contrite, she backed off, collecting a change of clothes from her bag.
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Dominic could dress quickly when a change of clothes was called for.
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This does not necessarily mean paying out a lot of money for several totally new changes of clothes.
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With a change of clothes and some food, he set off in search of fools.
in plain clothes
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In uniform and in plain clothes, roughly 50 were on different shifts asking each shopper for more information.
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Large men in plain clothes and short haircuts had wanted to know his business.
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Mr Montesinos was escorted by agents in plain clothes into a helicopter shortly after arriving at Lima airport.
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They were in plain clothes and, in his opinion, drunk, arrogant and overpowering.
spare key/battery/clothes etc
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Carrying spare batteries could be a cheaper option to fast charging and all chargers rely on a power point anyway.
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Eventually, the spare key was found and they were released from the clutches of the car.
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I'd got no money, no night things, no spare clothes, no bank card.
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It may include parts of larger support weapons such as mortars, radio equipment and spare batteries.
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Make sure you have a supply of spare batteries too.
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Remember that I had always intended to leave spare key with the Twills next door but never got round to it.
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Some people take a fully charged spare battery along with them just in case!
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Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door.
used cars/clothes etc
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Crackdown shows one third of used cars are not safe.
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However, with used cars, who knows?
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Leased a gravel lot for $ 15 a month and sold used cars.
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Now the tax on importing used cars has been slashed.
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The family also sticks to used cars.
working clothes
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As he approached them, Mungo could see that they wore blue uniform trousers under their working clothes.
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But she had to turn up at Maggie's school in her working clothes.
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In fact I felt rather a lout in my working clothes among the elegant gathering.
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Jonadab was not to be hurried and methodically finished changing into his working clothes before putting in an appearance.
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Still clad in her tattered working clothes, her wellingtons pumped away assiduously to give the instrument the breath it required.
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They went from the workplace into the canteen, they sat and opened their lunchboxes in their working clothes.
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They woke on Sunday morning and people wre going to church ... they daren't be seen in their working clothes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both wore silver chaplets and were clothed from head to toe in robes of gold.
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In the Hindu tradition, a favorite devotional practice is the clothing of the images of the gods.
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Let me clothe you in my righteousness as you bow before me.