I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
18-hole/9-hole golf
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Facilities include an 18-hole golf course.
18-hole/9-hole golf
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Facilities include an 18-hole golf course.
a bullet hole
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There were two bullet holes in the windscreen.
black hole
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I’m worried that the project could become a financial black hole.
blasted...hole
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The first shot missed and blasted a hole in the far wall.
coal hole
dig a hole/trench/grave etc
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They dig a small hole in the sand to bury their eggs.
fill a gap/hole/niche etc
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I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education.
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The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.
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.
nineteenth hole
pierce a hole in/through sth
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Pierce small holes in the base of the pot with a hot needle.
punch...hole
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These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate.
tear a hole in sth
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She caught her shawl on a nail and tore a hole in it.
watering hole
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What’s your favorite watering hole?
worn a hole
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You’ve worn a hole in your sock.
yawning gap/hole etc
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the yawning gap between the two cliffs
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a square peg in a round hole
ace in the hole
burn a hole in your pocket
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Don't wait until the money's burning a hole in your pocket, plan ahead.
dig a hole for yourself
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The mayor dug himself into a hole when he promised 3000 new jobs.
dig sb out of trouble/a mess/a hole etc
knock a hole in/through sth
need sth like a hole in the head
pick a hole in sth
pick holes in sth
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I had no trouble picking holes in her theory.
poke a hole
poke holes in sth
punch holes in sb's argument/idea/plans etc
riddled with holes
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The old table was riddled with holes.
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The ship returned from the war-zone riddled with bullet holes.
the nineteenth hole
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bullet hole
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A fox had dug a hole under our garden fence.
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A shaft of light came in through a hole in the corrugated iron roof.
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Construction workers have to dig a thousand foot hole before work can start on the tunnel.
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I can't wear my green shirt -- it has a hole in it.
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I have to get out of this hole .
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Make a hole in the bottom of each plant pot to let the water drain out.
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She stuck her finger through the hole .
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The aim is to get the ball in a hole in the ground.
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The old mineshaft had left a deep hole , dangerous to both people and livestock.
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The sheet was ancient and full of holes.
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There are holes in the ozone layer above Antarctica.
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They stared at the gaping hole in the wall.
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Troy looked through a hole in the fence at the garden next door.
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Water trickled in through the hole in the roof.
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We made a small hole in the earth, just deep enough to cover the roots of the plant.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
putt
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Then he made his third three at the seventh, playing a nine-iron to four feet and holing the putt .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a square peg in a round hole
ace in the hole
riddled with holes
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The old table was riddled with holes.
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The ship returned from the war-zone riddled with bullet holes.
the nineteenth hole
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire.
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Even that record has now gone, Sluman holing in one.
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That was until Norman Tebbit spotted what he believed was the biggest chance of holing the impenetrable protective layer around the bill.
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Then he made his third three at the seventh, playing a nine-iron to four feet and holing the putt.