noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the ignition key (= the key that starts a car or engine )
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Sam turned the ignition key and drove slowly away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
key
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The man closed the boot quietly and put the key into the ignition of the Saab.
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As he turned the key in the ignition he reflected on how quickly fate can lay a person low.
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Grimacing, she turned the key in the ignition once more, and brought the car around the way she had come.
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He fumbled the key into the ignition with numb fingers.
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He would have to lock the boot but he would leave the key in the ignition .
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With another prayer, he turned the key in the ignition of the Rolls.
■ VERB
switch
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It caught on the second try, and after a minute's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die.
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He got into his car and switched the ignition on.
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He gave a terse nod and switched on the ignition .
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Then he turned from her abruptly, fastened his seatbelt, and switched on the ignition key.
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He stopped, switched the ignition off and climbed down.
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Charlotte switched off the ignition and climbed out.
turn
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The unnamed man, 34, had just turned the ignition of the Mercedes when it exploded.
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I turned the ignition key and nothing happened.
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Carefully, as if the gentleness of his touch could somehow silence the engine, he turned on the ignition .
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Fumes were so strong, he said, his truck kept running even after he turned off the ignition .
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Sacher turned the ignition key, began to drive slowly away.
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He reached for the key to turn on the ignition , but the car was still running.
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Robyn turned the ignition over, realising he was gaining on her with remarkable speed, and the jeep roared into life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Phil left his key in the ignition again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I turned the ignition key and nothing happened.
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It caught on the second try, and after a minute's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die.
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It sits atop the ignition switches for the rocket thrusters.
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No ignition source has been determined in the crash of the Boeing 747, which killed all 230 people aboard last July.
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The key had been left in the ignition .
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The most likely source of ignition lay under Grissom's couch where bundles of wires ran across the floor of the capsule.
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The unnamed man, 34, had just turned the ignition of the Mercedes when it exploded.