I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accept a lift British English , accept a ride American English
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I had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers.
clouds clear/lift (= disappear )
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At last the rain had stopped and the clouds had cleared.
curfew...lifted (= ended )
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The curfew was lifted on May 6th.
dispel/lift the gloom (= make people feel less sad )
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Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.
end/lift/raise a siege (= end a siege )
gloom lifts (= people stop feeling sad )
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Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.
heavy lifting
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She has a bad back and can’t do any heavy lifting .
hitch a ride/lift (with sb)
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We hitched a ride with a trucker.
lift a ban
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They promised to lift the immigration ban.
lift sanctions (= stop using them )
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Washington has since refused to lift sanctions.
lift the burden from sb's shoulders
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If I deal with the all the practical problems, that will lift the burden from your shoulders.
lift...blockade (= end it )
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an agreement to lift the blockade
lift/end an embargo (= stop an embargo )
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Britain favours lifting the embargo on humanitarian grounds.
lifting the veil
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Watson deserves credit for lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding Brenda’s death.
lift/raise/revive sb’s spirits (= make them feel happier )
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A brisk walk helped to lift my spirits.
lift/remove restrictions
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He promised to lift restrictions on press freedom.
lift/scrap a quota (= stop it )
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The minister for trade lifted all quotas on imports and exports.
martial law...lifted (= ended )
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In May, martial law was lifted in most areas.
pick up/lift the receiver
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She picked up the receiver and dialled his number.
raise/lift your feet
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He raised his foot off the floor and rested it on a chair.
raise/lift your head (= look up )
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Tom raised his head to listen, then went back to his book.
remove/eliminate/lift barriers
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Will this remove the barriers to change?
sb’s spirits rise/lift/soar (= they start feeling happier )
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Her spirits rose as they left the ugliness of London behind.
ski lift
the fog lifts (= it disappears )
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He sat and waited for the fog to lift.
the mist clears/lifts (= goes away )
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The mountains suddenly appeared as the mist lifted.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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The pair of rotating arms can be easily lifted off , when the unit becomes a standard fountain.
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At these words, immense relief flooded me as the burden of lies I had helped create lifted off my shoulders.
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He lifts off the frying pan and replaces it with a saucepan of water.
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The astronauts were more than 13, 000 miles from the spacecraft when they lifted off early Thursday.
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Copper pads lift off when soldering Excessive heat applied during soldering.
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The fatty skin covering should easily lift off in one piece.
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When driving at speed, the engineers noted that headwinds and crosswinds caused the blades to lift off the windscreen.
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The master continued to press with his finger, and presently I felt my feet lift off the ground.
up
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At the same time let your hands lift up in a semi-circular motion and come down to your sides.
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The man lifted up the newspaper, which was lying open on the counter.
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Ioan Zidaru told his son to lift up his shirt.
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I lifted up my throbbing arm, an offering of broken bone.
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The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.
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This creates enough force to lift up the books in this demonstration.
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Firemen had to lift up the bus before ambulance officers could try to rescue her, but she died at the scene.
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The wind seemed to lift up the boathouse roof, holding it briefly, then letting it slap down hard.
■ NOUN
ban
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They argue that lifting the ban would make policing piracy harder, and that consumers would not see much benefit anyway.
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The new laws also lift a ban on multiple trade unions operating in a single workplace, something workers have sought.
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At a stroke he was lifting the ban on radios and newspapers.
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The bill would lift a ban on U.S. pharmacists re-importing drugs.
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Other parties King Birendra lifted the ban on political parties in April 1990.
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Then, last Friday, a federal appeals court lifted the ban on blocking e-mail.
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But lifting the ban could take weeks.
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After becoming president, Clinton was praised for pledging to enact a measure to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military.
blockade
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Moreover it began to free captured troops on July 5 and to lift blockades .
burden
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Paper could also be easily recycled and would considerably lift the waste disposal burden .
embargo
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
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Moakley urged President Clinton to lift the embargo in a letter last April.
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The minister said prospects for lifting the embargo at present are better than any other time in the past.
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Kenneth Haley, an economist for Chevron, supported lifting the embargo on principle but said both sides have exaggerated the impact.
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Many officials in Hanoi had hoped the lifting of the trade embargo in February 1994 would lead to quicker economic gain.
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But has anyone thought how lifting that embargo would affect another outstanding industry in the Red River Valley: the sugar industry?
finger
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But once the women returned, the men weren't prepared to lift a finger to help.
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Actually, the crunch did come, and the liberals never lifted a finger to save us.
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I never lift a finger more.
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King Charles did not lift a finger to save her.
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Now, without lifting a finger to assist, he gets a wonderful biography.
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As if Otto had lifted a finger during her long months of planning!
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All without lifting a finger or taking your eyes off the traffic for one moment.
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The crowd cheered when the roof fell in, while firemen lifted no finger or hose through it all.
lid
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We lifted the lid and placed it gently on the floor.
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He lifted the lid and the box was empty.
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Trying by cupping his hand over the clasps to avoid the penetrating clicks of opening, George lifted the lid .
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Obliging, he lifted the lid and stared with spontaneous admiration at the dozen roses.
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The silence as she lifts the lid is almost tangible.
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One day she lifted the lid and out flew plagues innumerable, sorrow and mischief for mankind.
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Only when evening comes does she lift the lid a chink and peer out, checking whether darkness has yet come.
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A bold artist and rugged individualist, Jones loves to lift the lid on the id.
receiver
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In the sixth hotel the phone was pink and its weight felt wrong as I lifted the receiver .
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By the time I lifted the receiver , there was no one on the line.
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He lifted the telephone receiver and dialled the number.
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Dov Kalmenzohn lifted the telephone receiver and called a number.
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When the person called lifts the receiver , the ringing pulses will cease.
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I lifted the receiver with caution, listening for the white noise of a long-distance connection.
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Finally he lifted the receiver and dialled.
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Reaching over the reception desk, he lifted the telephone receiver .
restriction
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Among them is one that would lift restrictions on the voting rights of shares.
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The accent was on lifting restrictions on individual liberty.
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Some countries have lifted restrictions on nationality and now allow local nationals to set up in the zones.
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The unions were challenged to lift restrictions on radios, the movement of staff between stations and the carrying of seriously-ill patients.
sanction
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Britain said it was ready to lift the sanctions at once.
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In addition to abolishing the speed limit, the bill lifted federal sanctions against states without motorcycle helmet laws.
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Reagan lifted the pipeline sanctions and Britoil went up for sale and Lech Walesa was freed.
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Dissidents in Havana believe his regime would not long outlast the lifting of sanctions .
siege
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Military sources stated that lifting the state of siege would not affect the fight against internal subversion.
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Alresford lifted the siege when Clarke kicked a penalty from fully 40 metres, and they followed up with the decisive try.
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The protesters flung handfuls of earth into the trenches in a vain attempt to lift the siege of the West Bank town.
veil
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She had lifted back the veil and looked stunningly beautiful.
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Perhaps he will soon lift the veils on the Westland Saga and the sinking of the Belgrano.
weight
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He did some weight lifting , surfed now and then.
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If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way, you can obviously do yourself damage.
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He only knew that the spell had been broken and that the weight had been lifted .
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He looked as though he'd lost twenty years, as though a ten-ton weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
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A magazine article indicated I might benefit from adding weight lifting to my exercise program.
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The oppressive weight above her had lifted slightly, and she was being searched.
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It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knock/lift etc sb off their feet
not lift/raise a finger
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I do all the work around the house - Frank never lifts a finger .
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King Charles did not lift a finger to save her.
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The Government are not lifting a finger to help the economy of Renfrewshire.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Blown by a sudden breeze, the balloon lifted just beyond his reach.
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Can you help me lift the big boxes?
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Firemen had to use a mobile crane to lift the carriages back onto the rails.
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He lifted his head to see who was at the door.
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His doctor has told him that he must not lift anything heavy.
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I'm so tired I can't even lift up my arms.
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I was feeling so weak that I could hardly lift my head from the pillow.
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Lie on your side, use your hand for support, and lift your leg to the level of your shoulder.
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Lower prices should eventually lift corporate profits.
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One paragraph of his essay has been lifted from an economics textbook.
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She lifted the lid from a huge pot and took a sniff.
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The child lifted up her arms, asking to be picked up.
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The government plans to lift its ban on cigar imports.
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The massive bull lifted him bodily into the air and shook him repeatedly.
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The movie's ending was lifted from Frankenheimer's "Black Sunday."
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The plot of the play had been lifted straight out of an old episode of "The Honeymooners."
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They lifted me onto a stretcher and took me to the ambulance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And now I believed the curse must be lifted.
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He lifted Goldman again, wrapping his arms round the man, but couldn't make him move towards the car.
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He lifted his head and stared at me.
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He lifted the sheet nearer him.
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How quickly he was able to lie, how baldly, quick and bald, and it lifted his spirit.
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The Panel considered lifting the supervision order, but didn't.
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The respirator worked by alternately pressing on the chest and lifting to bring air in and out.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hydraulic
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Each carriage is equipped with a hydraulic lift and places for two passengers in their wheelchairs.
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Clint Bunsen said he doubted they could afford it anyway with Bud needing a new hydraulic lift for the snowplow.
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A hydraulic lift ran up the mansion's four storeys.
■ NOUN
chair
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Mountain lifts: Climb mountains the easy way by chair lift or by rack railway and cable car.
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In fact, chair lifts are shut down more often because of too much snow, rather than too little.
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During a 45-day storm in the winter of 1968-69, the Mount Disney and Mount Lincoln chair lifts virtually disappeared.
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Near the bottom, the trail swooped around the pylons of a chair lift .
face
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Other ranges already established have had a major face lift .
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Down the block the Rosslyn's neon sign recently got a face lift .
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The Washington Monument is getting a face lift .
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Maybe we need a face lift .
home
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They stopped the cab and gave him a lift home , teasing him lightly about the toasts.
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Since Clara also lives in Chautauqua, I offer her a lift home .
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They offered him a lift home .
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In November I began giving Frederick a lift home after class, for he lived only about three blocks from the school.
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It may be possible to share a taxi with colleagues on a regular basis or arrange a lift home .
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Mrs Wright came in and she said she'd give me a lift home .
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It was alleged the boy had missed his bus and Smith offered him a lift home .
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Norman gave John a lift home in his Range-Rover.
ski
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Cross-country skiing is very popular and cable cars and ski lifts take the skiers up to the snow fields.
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The boy fell thirty feet from a ski lift in a Californian resort.
■ VERB
get
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Women are more likely to get a lift ?
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Phone shares got a lift after Ameritech reported earnings that beat estimates.
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He wished he'd had more sense than to get a lift with Mrs Wright.
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Down the block the Rosslyn's neon sign recently got a face lift .
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It certainly does when it is hot in Pinjarra and you can not get a lift .
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She twisted her ankle while getting off the lift and had made the long trip down in pain.
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Might even get a lift off some blokes.
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In the morning he would get up early, lift weights for an hour, and drive to work.
give
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Mrs Wright came in and she said she'd give me a lift home.
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But an emergency medical team from Dagestan gave this reporter a lift to the field hospital located just outside the town.
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She gave him a lift back to their cottage in Tetbury.
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Their business turned out to give me that extra lift I needed, and assured me of success.
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We paddled to her and gave her a lift back to her house.
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Our Verdict: We especially liked the facial saunas, a relaxing treatment that gave a lift to tired skin.
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I disagree and think that a lone driver should never give lifts to strangers.
hitch
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Are you hitching lifts or what?
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Because I am there, we hitch a lift on a Landrover.
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A standard rumour was that some one the story-teller knew personally had been hitching a lift one dark night.
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They then had to hitch a lift back to the cars.
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Ricky, in fact, hitched a lift with a lorry driver heading for Calais.
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Marc was the one who hitched a lift .
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McCready found a truck driver heading south, explained that his car had broken down and hitched a lift six miles south.
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Maybe he could hitch a lift .
offer
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They offered him a lift home.
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Most resorts offer multi-day lift tickets at a saving over the daily cost.
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Bob Newman offered him a lift but he wouldn't accept it, he said he would get the bus.
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Since Clara also lives in Chautauqua, I offer her a lift home.
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I might be able to offer him a lift .
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For him to serenely offer her a lift ?
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It was alleged the boy had missed his bus and Smith offered him a lift home.
provide
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The universal service fund also should provide a lift to libraries that are trying to launch themselves into cyberspace.
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With the pitch flat, the rotors would contin-ue spinning, providing lift , as the helicopter descended.
ride
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There are quite a lot of photographs left showing jolly parties packed in boats riding up the lift .
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They dressed quickly and he again closed his eyes in terror while they were riding in the lift .
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Deciding against riding the lift back down, she walked to the stairs, and ran quickly down the eight flights.
take
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Passengers were advised to take the lift .
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Anyone who has taken a lift up to the first floor of a London hotel can relate.
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I signed in; took the lift with a bored porter to my room, which was twin-bedded, overlooking the park.
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Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz took the lift to street level.
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The same uneasy juxtaposition of man and technology is evident if you take the lift in a department store.
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He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors.
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Pascoe took the lift back down a floor.
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Do you always take the lift to the next floor or to the one above?
thumb
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You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction, sweeping you with their headlights.
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Was he even now walking along a narrow road through the forest, trying to thumb a lift ?
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Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift .
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Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift , but they didn't stop.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knock/lift etc sb off their feet
not lift/raise a finger
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I do all the work around the house - Frank never lifts a finger .
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King Charles did not lift a finger to save her.
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The Government are not lifting a finger to help the economy of Renfrewshire.
thumb a lift
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Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift.
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Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift, but they didn't stop.
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You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction, sweeping you with their headlights.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I accepted her offer of a lift home.
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Never accept lifts from strangers.
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Pedro stopped to give me a lift .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As it turned out, it was Farragut himself who gave the Union its first substantial lift that summer.
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Days are not spent zigzagging across the mountain from one lift to the next.
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Dead lift Squat down with your feet just over shoulder width apart.
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Even the fork lifts have computer screens.
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I was on the second lift with Bravo Com-pany.
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The lift carried on upwards and Juliet followed the other visitors into Hunter Ward.