verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Peter/Catherine etc the Great
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I’m reading a biography of Alexander the Great.
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the Great Depression
so do I/so is he/so would Peter etc
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Joe was a little upset, and so was I.
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He’s been ill, and so has his wife.
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As the demand rises, so do prices.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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Some believe the protests will eventually peter out .
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The result has been a series of increasingly bizarre and destructive blowups that generally foment a lot of confusion be-fore petering out .
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The houses began to peter out , and eventually stopped.
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That hot-spot eruption lasted some 2 million years before petering out to a more modest flow.
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Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields.
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Within a very short distance of the airport, roads peter out to cattle tracks.
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The effects of the devaluation are now petering out .
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These stripes run right down the body, but peter out near the base of the tail.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rob Peter to pay Paul
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For example, one contributor argued that mainstream funding for Whiterock College was a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some believe the protests will eventually peter out.
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That hot-spot eruption lasted some 2 million years before petering out to a more modest flow.
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The effects of the devaluation are now petering out.
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The houses began to peter out, and eventually stopped.
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Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields.
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Within a very short distance of the airport, roads peter out to cattle tracks.