verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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The coffin was put on top of the pyre and the lid prised off .
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So I have to prise off the foe unassisted, which, believe me, takes some doing.
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Hold the new panel in place and mark for cutting 3 Carefully prise off the end battens.
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A crowbar may help to prise off the wall brackets.
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They're such a cinch to prise off , and the clothes are only slightly damaged.
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I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test.
open
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Jack went back to the car for a screwdriver with which he prised open a rotting window.
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Cornelius prised open the locks and lifted the lid.
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A passing farmer said he was strong enough to prise open the bars with his bare hands.
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The assassin prised open the lever on the shutters, entered and committed the crime.
out
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He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.
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He began tearing off the old, almost ragged, tapestry and prising out tacks.
■ VERB
try
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Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.
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The First Officer tried to prise Joe's fingers away from the stick.
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He tried to prise himself off the chair, as the figure moved towards him.
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I kept trying to prise them up hoping that some one in the past would have hidden treasure underneath.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A door had been prised open.
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A soldier prised a small silver flask from the dead man's hand and passed it to Colonel Voss.
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Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.
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Crawling round on your hands and knees, prising up brick ends.
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He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.
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He prised open Ruthven's mouth.
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He prised the sealed top open and found army uniforms, with no insignia marks on them.
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It ain't five minutes since I finally prised you off the end of my bed, now you're back.