I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gear lever
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cam
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The cam lever goes to C. The side levers position themselves - they're not under the knitter's control.
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When knitting double jacquard, the cam lever is set to the jacquard or slip position.
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For simpler work, the depth is adjusted merely by setting the cam lever .
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For that row, the main carriage has to be set as for stocking stitch, that is with cam lever on 0.
gear
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Through the middle-of-the-night streets, seem to have forgotten how to drive, is this the gear lever ?
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No palm print on the gear lever , for instance.
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It'd take all of you to shift the gear lever .
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But the group selector, like the main gear lever , does ask for more than average effort from its user.
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The high-low button on the gear lever is a pleasure to work with; so is the forward-reverse selector.
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Vasili glanced over his shoulder, his foot already on the brake and his hand dipping towards the gear lever .
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He let Lily steer and work the gear lever and promised to teach her how to drive.
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The gear lever also chatters in its plastic cup, if it has not been replaced try that.
■ VERB
move
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At least the handle turned, and to his surprise the turntable revolved, if rather slowly, when he moved the lever .
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But as the barrel swung it would push a small piston that, in return, moved the hand lever .
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Even on the ground you can do expensive damage by moving the undercarriage lever in mistake for the flaps or airbrakes.
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Investigative sources said the cockpit crew probably threw the switches and moved the levers in a hasty effort to correct a problem.
press
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Instead of pecking at discs, rats can be taught to press levers in order to obtain food and water.
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When she found a free machine, she pressed a lever that released the ball.
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Rincewind got down on one knee, the better to arrange the picture, and pressed the enchanted lever .
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In fact, some animals starved themselves rather than give up pressing the lever .
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The rats eventually managed to press the lever very quickly after being placed in the box, in order to receive their reward.
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And it suggests Pavlovian, mechanistic efficiency. Press any given design lever and expect the appropriate response.
pull
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Then Tony pulled the lever and the wheel began to slow down.
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They are let, loose by a man in a Plexiglas bubble controlling every-thing by pulling levers .
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She pulled a lever at the base of the cage.
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The blacks went in, pulled the lever , came out, and got their chickens.
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Amin pulled one of the levers and a noise came from inside.
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Complete the lace message - pull the selected lever and move the lace carriage to the right.
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Card No. 3 has a new instruction: you will pull the selector lever on occasions and no needles will be selected.
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Angalo pulled one of the levers back a bit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
throw a switch/handle/lever
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He threw a lever and the twin 1500-horsepower engines roared to life.
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The image of Chantal vanished instantly as though some one had thrown a switch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many nations used sanctions as an economic lever to help end apartheid in South Africa.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All they lack now is the levers of power.
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Besides a standard keyboard, the memex would have rows of buttons and levers.
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Children simply crank the lever , and out pop perfectly formed hearts and stars.
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No palm print on the gear lever , for instance.
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On the Chunky and double knit ribbers, this third control is a lever at the top of the tension dial.
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The extra weight acted as levers which made Hsu Fu twist and wrack even more.
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We liked the positive action and shape of the best changing lever .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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These may be levered off if rusty 4 Try to avoid breaking glass when using a crowbar on the fixed sashes.
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I would take a Bourbon in one hand and lever off the lid with my two front teeth.
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A real thief would have taken a screwdriver and levered off the clasps.
out
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A central angled cut will make levering out easier 7 Use the crowbar to prise the frame from the wall.
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These kinds of objectives were to be attained by public-sector pump-priming investment designed to lever out private resources.
up
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Dougal levered up the rectangle of hardwood.
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The lock snapped and the detective levered up the bottom section.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A central angled cut will make levering out easier 7 Use the crowbar to prise the frame from the wall.
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Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up.
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Dougal levered up the rectangle of hardwood.
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Gingerly he reached forward, found a wall and levered himself up against it.
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He was using Kring to lever the top off the altar.
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I would take a Bourbon in one hand and lever off the lid with my two front teeth.
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Ross levered himself up, going against the pain, going fast, making his hand stiff from wrist to fingertip.
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The government, for example, emphasises physical renewal and the extent to which public expenditure has levered private sector investment.