noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a move in the right direction
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The decision seemed to be a move in the right direction.
a sense of direction (= the ability to judge which way you should be going )
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The place was completely dark and I lost all sense of direction.
a sense of purpose/direction (= a feeling that you know what you are trying to achieve )
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Becoming a mother had given her a new sense of purpose.
a step in the right direction (= an action that helps to improve things )
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Environmentalists said the law was a step in the right direction.
ask for directions (= instructions how to get from one place to another )
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At the station he asked for directions to the museum.
give...directions (= tell me how to go there )
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Can you give me directions to the station?
in a northerly direction
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We set off in a northerly direction .
in a southerly direction
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Tara walked in a southerly direction .
in a westerly direction
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We set off in a westerly direction .
in an easterly direction
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We drove off in an easterly direction .
in the general direction of
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They started walking in the general direction of the pub.
in the opposite direction
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She turned and walked off in the opposite direction .
lose all sense of time/direction/proportion etc
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When he was writing, he lost all sense of time.
pointed in the direction of
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She pointed in the direction of the car park.
point...in the direction of
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Could you point me in the direction of the bathroom, please?
point...in the right direction
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A financial adviser should be able to point you in the right direction .
stage direction
the other side/end/direction etc
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You can park on the other side of the street.
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He lives at the other end of the road.
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She drove off in the other direction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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They could have evolved in radically different directions in the three areas.
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Management and coaches and scouts all seemed to be headed in different directions .
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But the political tide seemed to be flowing in a different direction .
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All five charged off in different directions .
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Tuppe and Cornelius followed the pointing fingers and set off in different directions .
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They came to Stanford at the same time, but from entirely different directions .
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In a fan experiment, other dishes are put at the same distance as the original dish, but in different directions .
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There was too much information to absorb all at once; too many forces were pulling me in different directions .
future
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The methods are restricted to illustrating, supplementing, and contextualizing results obtained from quantitative procedures, and indicating future research directions .
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Other academics, including some from abroad, will be invited to suggest future directions for research.
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This is related to marketing and systems analysis literature and practice with the aim of establishing deficiencies and proposing future research directions .
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The Green Paper makes clear the future direction of probation, through comments on the training of probation officers.
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Confusion reigns for the future direction of the industry in the absence of clear guidelines and leadership.
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Yet he remains bearish about the future direction of share prices.
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But its future direction remains unknown and indeterminate.
general
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Governors are responsible for the ethos and general direction of the school.
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When I threw a half-hearted punch in his general direction , he knocked me down.
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As the general direction of O'Neill's policies became clear, conservative Protestants began to organize against him.
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Keoni began to head north-west, in the general direction of Hsu Fu.
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Her hair was taken back just on one side, and she smiled in the general direction of the entire human race.
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We sit down and talk about what has to be done, the general direction we want to go in.
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Then one of the men shouted something, waving his arms in the general direction of the forest.
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We will fire him a great distance, in the general direction of a wall in which two slots are cut.
new
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It points the way to new directions for the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Efficient decision-making systems give terrific power to the efforts of already capable people considering new directions .
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Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years, it wasn't an extensive search for a new musical direction .
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Whatever the circumstances, reporting means learning new skills, taking new directions , having more room to grow.
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And then found her thoughts, which desperately needed a new direction , turning slowly towards the mill-school.
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The banks of the river move; water flows in new directions .
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But they're worth doing: the program has suggested whole new directions for medical research.
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But new directions and designs help only when the people who must change behaviors engage in understanding and shaping them.
opposite
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Caught in a green translucent wave were two tiny sea-horses facing in opposite directions , one frolicking, the other melancholy.
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Coming in the opposite direction ahead are three cars, then four.
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This happened to me on the Seven Mile Straight at recently, a lorry coming in the opposite direction in spite of road signs.
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During the first two rounds, the wind had been in the opposite direction .
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Yet paradoxically, the reaction expected from a reader is in the opposite direction .
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The evidence points in exactly the opposite direction .
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However, when the current in the read cycle reverses, this will re-magnetize the core in the opposite direction .
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You head in the opposite direction and you come down into a ravine.
other
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But it is also because their own specialist interests have led them in other directions .
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Definite and energetic steps must be taken in other directions to restore the balance of our national economic life ....
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The financial strain upon the Danzigers came from other directions too.
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Much of the time she could only be ridden towards her dinner bucket; any other direction except backwards produced complete refusal.
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For the mass of the population, indeed, the shift of interest arguably went in the other direction .
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Drivers coming from the other direction raised a hand to thank me for allowing them to pass.
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He groped his way back to the last junction and limped in the other direction .
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By the shore the driftwood was still travelling upriver, but in midstream it was gathering way headlong in the other direction .
right
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Is it taking you in the right direction ?
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But environmentalists call it a step in the right direction .
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Could you have shifted it as an individual in the right direction ?
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There would be no time like now to get things going in the right direction again.
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He began to run in what he thought was the right direction , but he didn't recognise any of the buildings.
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A: Read your letter ... like your style ... can point you in the right direction .
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Implementing Cadbury will therefore be an experimental step in the right direction .
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The illuminated sail was reversible, so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity.
wrong
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But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction .
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How can so much movement in the wrong direction be accomplished in one year?
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He urged him to go to the local hotel, only twelve miles in the wrong direction .
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But I am heavier and headed in the wrong direction .
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Then she saw him look around quickly, but in all the wrong directions .
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He could hear the old man rummaging in there, completely unaware that things were now somehow turned in the wrong direction .
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It is no use just heating things up; that would again only speed up the reaction in the wrong direction .
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They began to see small craft but, like the Amenca, apparently going in the wrong direction .
■ NOUN
stage
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Yes, for reasons of stage direction .
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In this family, stories were the tangible stage directions in her otherwise silent and subliminal Medlow script.
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The uncertainty of this utterance is indicated strongly in Stoppard's stage directions .
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Wes was rattling off the stage directions as fast as he could.
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The effect is not unlike that of the script of a play with stage directions .
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A stage direction suggests devils appear and Faustus goes off with Mephostophilis.
■ VERB
change
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Films rather than books were the medium to aim for-fair comment, of course, that helped me change direction .
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Several are in turnaround situations, having changed direction under new leadership.
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Consequently, they may change the direction of their attitudinal expressions.
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But when he was denied tenure, Moore changed direction and started practicing psychotherapy.
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As instructed, she gave Fen two or three minutes' warning and felt the boat change direction and nudge the bank.
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As the light slows down, it also changes direction a little.
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Guha surely had it right when he likened Littlewoods to a giant tanker that takes ages to change direction .
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It was a dark night with just a glimmer of stars and a light and fickle wind which frequently changed direction .
follow
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He followed Creed's directions , leaving the road for an unpaved track that seemed to lead towards the ocean.
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Treatment followed one of three directions , depending on the condition of a particular muscle.
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They followed his directions , once again admiring the great single-spouted fountain as they continued on towards the centre of the city.
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Meanwhile, the emerging industrial factories needed workers who were at least literate and able to follow directions .
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But, if you use cleaning products, you must follow the manufacturer's directions explicitly.
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Look at the picture and follow c, the directions .
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The form is simple and foolproof if you follow its wording and directions carefully.
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First of all, they are unable to follow directions .
give
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The minister can change the board and give the board directions of a general character which have to be observed.
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I gave them directions to Astor Place.
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It can probably spot moving targets, and give their speed and direction .
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Those without a Visa card will be given directions on how to apply for one.
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My presence in the flat at Annick Water gave him a final direction for all this fuss.
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Win sat in the middle of the rear scat, giving directions .
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One example of their work: Bernard Flanagan was asked to give direction to the works stores.
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The good manager gives direction and information about what works and takes the problems away.
head
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He was now heading back in the direction of New York City, by circling the perimeter of the vast estate.
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Management and coaches and scouts all seemed to be headed in different directions .
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While these figures are still terrible, they are at least heading in the right direction .
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Otherwise they would head in the direction of the agreed place and either catch up with the flocks or inquire.
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That was where Obispal was heading from one direction .
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Anson guessed west, and so headed in that direction .
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The very fact that we are considering aspects of animal welfare suggests that we are now heading in the right direction .
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Jean and those guys, it seems like this organization is heading in the right direction .
look
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I looked in the same direction and saw a group of men standing and staring at us.
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Other senators look to her for direction .
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Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go, and there is much talk of leadership.
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The man on the bicycle who had been looking intently in my direction remounted and pedaled away.
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He seemed unable to meet the coroner's eyes, not daring even to look in his direction .
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I can look in any direction by turning my wheelchair, and I choose to look back.
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Tim was lying on the sand, looking in the direction the man had gone.
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One of these people had looked in my direction once too often, passed by once again just a little too slowly.
lose
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Lurching along in this enclosed space, one loses all sense of direction .
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Alan Winmill says the Labour party has lost direction , but his former colleagues say they wanted him out anyway.
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The trouble is that when there are so many directions , you lose sight of the direction.
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I've lost my sense of direction .
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I just lost all sense of direction , of purpose.
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Now, with Tuvan music in fashion, she seems to have lost direction .
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Here, all life is at its lowest ebb and man has lost all sense of direction .
move
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This reduction has forced others to move in a similar direction .
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Yields on bonds move in an opposite direction from prices.
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It would be wrong not to move in that direction .
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It seems to me that all mankind is moving in that direction .
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They can thus be moved in any direction across the microscope stage.
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Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions .
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Canterbury was certainly not moving in the direction of Cistercian austerity in Anselm's time.
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Sometimes they are able to and sometimes they are not able to, but they really move it in that direction .
point
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With a certain amount of ingenuity she can even use the balloon to steer herself by pointing it in various directions .
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Everyone I asked seemed to point in a different direction .
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If you are going somewhere then you have to know where you are going in order to point in the right direction .
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It also assumes that existing people are already capable and only need pointing in the right direction .
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I have time to discuss only one lexical myth: this is the signpost which points us in the direction of precision.
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The circle is actually a large microwave tower with nine cones pointing in five directions .
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The organisation is pointing in a direction and the momentum keeps it going in that direction.
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The old woman points south in the direction of the big house.
pull
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Even the claim that the natural order reflected the contingency of a divine will could pull in two directions .
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Most of us get pulled into one direction or the other.
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With money-economies firmly in place the wealthy can pull markets in whichever direction they like.
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I was pulled in two directions .
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There are powerful undercurrents in the 1988 Education Act which pull in this direction .
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She was being pulled in opposite directions by equally powerful forces.
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The picture of a dovish president pulled in opposite directions by thugs on both right and left is not entirely accurate.
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There was too much information to absorb all at once; too many forces were pulling me in different directions .
run
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The minute I unleashed him, he suddenly wasn't so brave, whimpering and running in the other direction .
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The Yankees were cutting and slashing, and the cannoneers were running in every direction .
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He ran in every direction and more important: faster than the turks.
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Money always seems to run in one direction and that is the stock market now.
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If he ran in that direction , would he be able to dodge?
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Sometimes the mind can run in so many directions at once.
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Remember that the teeth run in an upward direction and the last tooth sits a couple of inches below the eye.
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Others are wound up with mothering tasks that have them running in all directions at noon.
turn
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I signalled to turn back in the direction of the motorway, then I changed my mind.
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The damaged left eye seemed to turn in another direction , to be preoccupied separately with different matters.
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We turn in the opposite direction to meet the path.
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The tower was turned and facing another direction .
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She turned in that direction even though it meant leaving the path.
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Examples of rock piles that turned water in new directions are numerous.
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Instinctively he had turned in the opposite direction from the Eldorado block.
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He could hear the old man rummaging in there, completely unaware that things were now somehow turned in the wrong direction .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
follow the signs/sb's directions
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But, if you use cleaning products, you must follow the manufacturer's directions explicitly.
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He made his way quickly to Mrs Brooks' house, following the postman's directions.
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If you're using sterilising solution, follow the manufacturer's directions.
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One involves focus groups, where a representative customer is selected and asked to perform a task by following the enclosed directions.
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Process through a pasta machine following the manufacturer's directions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill marched off angrily in the opposite direction .
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Did you see which direction they went?
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Frightened by the sound of footsteps, the rabbits ran off in all directions.
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I was hoping he wouldn't look in our direction and notice us sitting there.
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Officials have complained that there is a lack of direction in the mayor's office.
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The moons all move around the planet in the same direction .
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The plane was traveling in a northeasterly direction when it was hit by lightning.
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The sound of shots came from the direction of the compound, a quarter of a mile away.
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The two young men headed off in the direction of Central Park.
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This decision could determine the direction in which our lives will move.
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Tornadoes usually form when rising warm, moist air rotates, as winds from opposite directions collide.
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We're going in the right direction now - I can see the main road up ahead.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hencke shone the torch in the direction of the sound.
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It can not be repeated too often - don't develop a bias towards one particular attitude or direction .
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It points the way to new directions for the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Quartz is strongly bonded in all directions and has no good cleavage.
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The ride in the air transporter had been bumpy due to air missiles fired in their direction .
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Whatever the circumstances, reporting means learning new skills, taking new directions, having more room to grow.