I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's stomach lurches/tightens (= it suddenly feels tight because they are frightened )
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Her stomach lurched at the thought of leaving Millfield.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
forward
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The chassis lurched forward and then back sharply, knocking the four passengers off balance.
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I fell, picked myself up, lurched forward another yard or two, then fell again.
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He lurched forward and groped his way up the staircase, gasping and retching in the stale air.
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On our left, Sherman and Daisy kept lagging back and then lurching forward , sometimes beside and sometimes behind us.
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He lurched forward involuntarily through the entrance, and almost fell at the feet of the chief.
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Bright flash in the sky, the way the aircraft lurched forward like a car Jolted in heavy traffic.
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I lurched forward and later couldn't recall any part of my journey to the office.
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Just as I was about to jump, the driver hit the gas and lurched forward , throwing me off.
■ NOUN
crisis
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An unskilled smallholder is likely to lurch from crisis to crisis.
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All these legislative changes have made it increasingly difficult for local authorities to avoid appearing to lurch from crisis to crisis.
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Squalls will buffet it, but the ship of government may no longer be destined to lurch permanently from crisis to crisis.
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Britain lurched from one economic crisis to another under both Labour and Conservative governments.
heart
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Athelstan looked sideways at Benedicta and his heart lurched .
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Lexandro's heart lurched , and a certain awe invaded him.
stomach
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I felt my stomach lurch and my heart beat a little faster.
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Gao Yang jerked his head around, as his stomach lurched and a pocket of air rushed noisily to his throat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Harriet lurched towards the bathroom, clutching her stomach in pain.
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Paul lurched sideways as the boat rolled suddenly.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the developer lurched toward bankruptcy, Prudential tried to renege on the deal.
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By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.
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Certainly his career has lurched chaotically, Gilliam says.
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The chassis lurched forward and then back sharply, knocking the four passengers off balance.
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The Ship lurched up the hillside, straining at the indignity of restraint.
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The truck smashed into the barrier, broke through it, lurched down an embankment.
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Then, hunching his shoulders against the pounding rain, he lurched towards the barn.
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With an angry clang the machine lurched and rocked out even more.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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My stomach gave an involuntary lurch .
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The car gives a sickening lurch as if you ran over a small bump.
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Jessamy's stomach gave an uncomfortable lurch .
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Then her heart gave a little lurch as she met his eyes.
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Soon she would know ... But when she finally arrived at the little mews her heart gave a lurch .
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Blue eyes that made her heart give an alarming little lurch .
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Her heart gave an unsteady lurch .
leave
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She had never got over that chap who left her in the lurch all those years ago.
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The non-commissioned officers of the garrison on learning that they had been left in the lurch seized four of the remaining leaders.
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Fast, seem Godly, Pray, and go to Church - the Rhyme will be left in the lurch else.
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How can we leave them in the lurch , in their teens, like that?
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I wouldn't leave her in the lurch .
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But I won't leave you in the lurch even if that time comes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I felt a lurch and then a big bump," one resident said of the earthquake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they adopted it in the first place because Labour's lurch to the left drove them away from their old allegiance.
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He was slew-footed and walked with an energetic lurch .
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How can we leave them in the lurch , in their teens, like that?
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I waited for the lurch of dismounting troopers as the skids neared the ground.
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My stomach gave an involuntary lurch .
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The non-commissioned officers of the garrison on learning that they had been left in the lurch seized four of the remaining leaders.