I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dent/shake sb’s confidence (= make it less strong )
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A bad experience like that can dent your confidence.
make a hole/dent/mark etc
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Make a hole in the paper.
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The cup has made a mark on the table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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As they try to cut stocks, this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers.
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And a hell of a price it is for that first big dent .
■ VERB
make
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The Wolfies have been around for almost ten years but have never made any major dents on the charts.
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Prevention education has been unable to halt this behavior, or even to make much of a dent in it.
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Take heart: the green consumer movement has made a significant dent in manufacturing practices over a very short time.
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These strategies are commonsensical and have made a large dent in the fertility of many nations.
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If we drop a tin can probably nothing will happen; at the worst we may make a small dent .
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It rapidly became evident that this clinic could not make even a dent in the problem.
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As they try to cut stocks, this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers.
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Among most it has barely made a dent .
put
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That would put a dent in his omnipotence.
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But the First World War put a dent in business and neither the train line nor the hotel lasted through the Second.
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Churchill's stroke in June 1953 put a dent in the working of the Government.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Emma backed into a tree, leaving a dent in the car's rear bumper.
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The picture frame came with scratches, dents and marks that make it look old.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they try to cut stocks, this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers.
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Churchill's stroke in June 1953 put a dent in the working of the Government.
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It rapidly became evident that this clinic could not make even a dent in the problem.
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That would put a dent in his omnipotence.
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There was a large dent in the panel and a scratch in the paint.
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Young, holding the ball a little too long, came through the sacks without a dent .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
confidence
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Most agreed the experience had dented their confidence and morale, leaving lasting memories of isolation and frustration.
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The Gulf war has severely dented business and consumer confidence .
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Launching into the career search process with even a slightly bruised attitude will end in failure and more dents to your confidence .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Baseball's image was dented by the labor dispute.
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He accidentally dented the garage door, trying to reverse in.
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Some idiot dented my car door last night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he classed the strike which dented his old club's promotion challenge as one of the most important of his career.
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Moving this took 15 trips in my ancient Renault, which struggled under loads that threatened to dent its roof bars.
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She'd dented that enormous ego of his, hadn't she?
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This rather dents the claim that good is completely simple.