verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog pants (= breathes quickly usually with its tongue hanging out )
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The dog was panting heavily beside her.
hot pants
puffed and panted
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George puffed and panted as he tried to keep up.
scare the pants off sb (= scare someone very much )
ski pants
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a pair of ski pants
stirrup pants
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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He found a pretty girl with her pants down .
■ NOUN
breath
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He continues to pant for breath .
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He arrived in my office in less than two minutes, panting and out of breath .
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I stood as straight as possible while their tossing velvety horns spun me about and their misty panting breath enveloped me.
■ VERB
come
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She came , panting , to a halt.
stand
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She stood stock-still, panting , listening to the harsh rasp of her own breathing.
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He stood there panting , eyes crazed.
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They dragged the mattress through, and stood panting with exertion on either side of it.
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Then he'd have rolled her aside and stood up, panting .
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Mungo stood panting over the body, unable to comprehend.
wear
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Marta passes the sign without a glance, wearing military-style camouflage pants she has owned 11 years.
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Female employees also are restricted from wearing twill pants , casual shoes and shirts.
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No one knew that Amelia wore pants to hide her thick ankles.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
a kick up the arse/backside/pants etc
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He was gormless, spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside.
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I think I just needed a kick up the backside.
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They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside.
beat the pants off sb
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She beat the pants off me last time we played.
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He is aware of his competitors-and he beats the pants off them.
bore/scare etc the pants off sb
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He wasn't interested in the heavy political stuff which bored the pants off most people.
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It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage, with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary.
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Lovely people who scared the pants off him.
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The tests scare the pants off many managers.
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Though, mind you, it scares the pants off poor old Crumwallis.
catch sb with their pants/trousers down
do sth by the seat of your pants
fly by the seat of your pants
have ants in your pants
sb puts his pants on one leg at a time
shit (in) your pants
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I was so scared, I could've shit my pants.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Go on without me," Mike panted.
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A strange brown dog suddenly jumped all over him, panting, its tongue out.
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Matt was still panting after his run.
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The athletes panted and puffed in the 90-degree heat.
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When I reached the top of the stairs I was puffing and panting like an old steam engine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He slammed the door shut behind him and leaned panting against the glass.
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I stood as straight as possible while their tossing velvety horns spun me about and their misty panting breath enveloped me.
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She was panting from running, dancing, chanting, crawling, beating the ground.
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Staggering up, I leaned against the wall, panting and gasping, wondering how severely I was hit.
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The infantry are also upon the run, sweating and panting in the hot sunshine.
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The mousy man sat on the suitcase panting dismally.
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The surface of the Melanisms heaved and panted, and Fenella felt the suction about her waist increase.