I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
open
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She flung open the door of the Document Examination room and glanced inside.
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Like the back door, it was flung open revealing a tiny arched porch outside.
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Before he could move for the doors, they were flung open imperiously, revealing a wide-eyed, agonised Auguste outside.
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Getting out of bed, Rachel flung open the curtains and looked out at the September morning.
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She flung open the solid pine door, standing aside for Jane and Robert to enter.
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Walking along the top landing, he flung open a door at the end, and stood back for her to enter.
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She flung open the window, grabbed a tea-towel and hooked the red-hot rice pan off the burner.
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He flung open the door and was about to say something when he caught sight of the table.
■ NOUN
arm
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I grabbed her arm and flung it out of the window.
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Then she walked out across the stone, taking tiny steps with her arms flung out wide for balance.
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He splayed into the air; over the water; one arm flung back over his head like a trapeze artist.
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Tilda appeared with a ball of oozing clay in her arms which she flung down on the table.
door
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She flung open the door of the Document Examination room and glanced inside.
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There came a roar of rage from Challenger, and Sherlock Holmes hastily flung open the door .
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Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
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The seasons, the gatekeepers of Olympus, stood waiting to fling the doors wide.
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Walking along the top landing, he flung open a door at the end, and stood back for her to enter.
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And when the children come home for vacation, we can simply fling open the doors and once again be a family.
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Spencer hurried after him and as Craig flung wide the doors , he felt himself being grasped from behind.
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He grabbed his jacket and briefcase and flung open the car door .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He pulled the knife from her hand and flung it out of the window.
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Shoes and socks lay where they had been flung.
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We flung him the safety rope.
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When he gave her the tickets she ripped them up and flung them at him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Backed by Suzi, who did most of the energetic stuff, Ingrid strutted and flounced and flung her hair about.
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But I am old-fashioned enough to dislike hearing it flung about in railway carriages by mixed school parties.
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It flings its fine hairs in the face of the assailant, in a dense cloud.
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Now only the sea thunders rhythmically through the grotto, flinging up fans of salty spray.
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She flung herself into her room and began to pack frantically, wanting to cry with rage and shame.
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She closed her eyes in ecstasy as Jamie flung himself on her, accusing her of being a flirt.
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The left hand was flung out, the right lay closer to the body.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brief
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The idea of a brief fling certainly crossed my mind.
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They did have a brief fling .
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A brief fling , no questions asked ... Nearby, a door opened then closed again.
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Since retiring, he had a brief fling coaching the Lakers at the end of the 1993-94 season.
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Nor was she the right candidate for a brief fling .
final
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Or that, getting on, she was looking for adventure, a final fling ?
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Women of that age, she'd read somewhere, often made a push for one final fling .
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Phoebe's final fling with overpowering emotion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She left her husband after she learned about his fling with an exotic dancer.
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She wasn't interested in anything more than a casual fling .
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They had a fling years ago.
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Yes, I did go out with him, but it was just a fling .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Last fling for the analogue gramophone?
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Only a quarter said they did it for love and just over one in six admitted it was a drunken fling .
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Prosecutors say the suspects plotted the killing after Zamora found out that Graham had had a fling with Jones.
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She thought her fling with another man would stay secret because she had been sterilised.
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Since retiring, he had a brief fling coaching the Lakers at the end of the 1993-94 season.
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The ex-Guards officer, who had a five-year fling with Di, wants thousands of pounds.
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There were flings, of course, but Nicholas was inept at all forms of promiscuity except gossip.