I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
rule
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The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.
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Alongside the State, they continued to rule the roost .
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But it was those two who ruled the roost .
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In the meantime, it was Amelia who ruled the family roost .
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The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Lee Trevino ruling the roost on both sides of the Pond.
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Effective discipline is neither harsh nor does it allow the child to rule the roost .
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I kind of ruled the roost a bit, but we got on well.
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Political expediency, political vengeance still rule the roost , not only in waterfowl jobs but throughout the establishment.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rule the roost
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Amanda pretty much rules the roost in that house.
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Alongside the State, they continued to rule the roost.
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But it was those two who ruled the roost.
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But Mr Norman rules the roost in the film field with a regular 4 million audience, twice the weekly cinema audience.
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Effective discipline is neither harsh nor does it allow the child to rule the roost.
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I kind of ruled the roost a bit, but we got on well.
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Political expediency, political vengeance still rule the roost, not only in waterfowl jobs but throughout the establishment.
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The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Lee Trevino ruling the roost on both sides of the Pond.
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The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.
sb's chickens have come home to roost
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All are roost sites except Salthouse, where there was a nest and the pellets collected came mainly from the nestlings.
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Alongside the State, they continued to rule the roost .
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As soon as the adventurers stop moving, the Harpies will swoop down from their roosts in the rock.
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In the meantime, it was Amelia who ruled the family roost .
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Table 2.2 Barn owl samples: nest site versus roost site.
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The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.
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The others do not return, presumably traveling on to another, more distant roost .
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The ravens had returned to their roost in the pines and were noisily getting settled when I got back.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bird
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The soft twittering hum came from birds going to roost .
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Our laughter caused birds roosting in the garden to squawk and take flight.
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When birds roosted off the island young men competed to bring an egg back to their clan leader.
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These include a patented fumigation system, electronic fly killers and sonic systems which deter bird flocks from roosting on particular buildings.
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In the first method, sharpshooters would have used air rifles at night while the birds are roosting .
chicken
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Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost .
■ VERB
come
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All day the eye of the sky bulges, lidless and forgiving until darkness comes to roost undisturbed in its lashes.
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The lessons of what it meant to be the formal authority were coming home to roost .
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But, for the over extended borrowers, the chickens have come home to roost .
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Many traditionally fortean phenomena have since come to roost in the world of science.
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Vices, however, like curses, come back to roost .
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Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost .
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The pigeons are coming home to roost .
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Chickens had come home to roost .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's chickens have come home to roost
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bryan now has an estimated 50, 000 to 75, 000 egrets roosting in nine parts of town.
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Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost .
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From daytime feeding grounds up to twenty miles away, they converge on Abbey Park to roost for the night.
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Many traditionally fortean phenomena have since come to roost in the world of science.
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The chickens were free to roam this winter garden, although the sensible ones had gone to roost by now.
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The darkness of winter twilight was roosting on the land.
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The lessons of what it meant to be the formal authority were coming home to roost .
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They like roosting on telegraph poles.