adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Happy/Merry Christmas! (= something you say to people at Christmas )
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I just called in to say 'Happy Christmas'.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
christmas
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In the hasty and confused breakup, nobody wished anybody a happy Hanukkah, a merry Christmas or a happy New Year.
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He is followed by Otto, who wishes everyone a merry Christmas .
dance
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Willie leads his Man a merry dance at any party, chasing any woman in sight.
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But he led the field a merry dance until being overhauled inside the final furlong.
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Against all forecasts, against all evidence, the little guy sometimes leads the invincible giant a merry dance .
hell
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Strangulation was all very well, but it played merry hell with the eyeballs.
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If you arrive late, raise merry hell , and insult the stage crew you will certainly be remembered.
man
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I don't think Teddy's bunch of merry men has distinguished itself recently.
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Massari and his merry men find themselves basking in such publicity as they never dreamt of.
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I didn't argue with them, just called up McKenzie and some of his merry men , who removed them forcibly.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lead sb a merry old dance/a right old dance
play (merry) hell with sth
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Ace's proximity was playing hell with her hormones.
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Strangulation was all very well, but it played merry hell with the eyeballs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She smiled, her eyes bright and merry .
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Some of the officers got quite merry celebrating our recent victory.
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We were all very merry by the time the party broke up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After dark, drunken shouts, merry and angry, echoed up from the street.
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Eat, drink and be merry at the Medieval Night which includes a meal, free drinks and an open-air castle disco.
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I get in the bath and Radish gets in with me and floats about as merry as a little duck.
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It's the elderly Morkan sisters' annual Yuletide fete, where three generations gather each year to make merry .
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Now Miller Brewing is joining the ranks of the more the merrier.
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Stevens and his merry band are severely uniformed in white blazers, violently creased red flares and clean fingernails.
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The merry old woman had a hard time not laughing as they carried her into the coach.
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This might appeal to investors who figure that when it comes to fund choices, the more the merrier.