noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the outskirts of a city (= the edge )
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There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city.
the outskirts/edge of a town
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It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
live
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He still lives on the outskirts of his adopted city close on 30 years after he signed for them.
reach
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The waters flow on downstream, eventually reaching the outskirts of Stroud itself.
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It was dark when they reached the outskirts of Edinburgh.
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She was relieved when Nigel had to slow down as they reached the outskirts of Cheltenham.
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It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town and the traffic had dwindled to a trickle.
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Other were even reported to have reached the outskirts of Baghdad itself, though this was not confirmed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By 9 o'clock we reached the outskirts of Berlin.
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Her parents lived in a big house on the outskirts of Manchester.
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His body was discovered on the city's outskirts three days later.
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The Cité De Science is a futuristic complex in the Parisian outskirts .
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There are plans to build a new shopping mall on the outskirts of town.
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We heard gunshots as we drove through the outskirts of the city.
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We stayed on the outskirts of the capital.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After three days in the hotel I found a small new house on the outskirts of town.
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And on the outskirts of town, with the roar of the sea, we passed by the Glengall House.
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His body was discovered on the city's outskirts three days later.
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The only remaining obstacles are located at Wester Hailes, a residential development on the western outskirts of Edinburgh.
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The slaughterhouse is on the outskirts of the town, and can be smelled before it comes into view.
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They would move to the outskirts of Paris.
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Tiny fields, green and white where the snow was melting again, led down to the outskirts of the town.