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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rung of a ladder (= the part you put your foot on )
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The first rung of the ladder was broken.
the bottom rung (= of a ladder )
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I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cambridge School had a bell which was never rung , which had never been rung.
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Nadine had rung Matthew several times recently-and always at school-to say that Rory was playing truant.
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Shortly after the rising bell had been rung , Ethel and Mildred were waiting anxiously outside Miss Hardbroom's door.
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That was what had rung the bell.
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There had been no more calls since the informant had rung with the news of the cocaine shipment.
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Wally had rung to say that it was black tie, and he'd forgotten to tell Debbie.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bottom
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Once Romanov had reached the bottom rung of the fire escape, he ran to a passing tram.
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It became imperative that he take hold of the bottom rung of the sinuous ladder, which he did.
low
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Should women technicians once again be relegated to a lower rung of the ladder?
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And so I decided to climb up the ladder of City College, starting at the lowest rung .
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On the lower rungs of the ladder of middle-class aspiration, the answer is easy.
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In general, they say, it is those at the lowest rungs of the ladder that are most upset.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Community colleges are the bottom rung of the state's higher education ladder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Rung by rung, she crept up the ladder.
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And so I decided to climb up the ladder of City College, starting at the lowest rung .
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As companies view for ever-larger market shares, competition seeps down to the lowliest rung on the ladder.
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He wagged his muddy boots, feeling uncertainly for each rung of the ladder: he had clearly been drinking already.
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I stand up and begin to look for the invisible rung .
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She eased herself down a few rungs, praying it wouldn't collapse under her.
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The rungs were steel knives, blades up.
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This is the bottom of the labor movement, eight rungs below Lynn Williams, nine rungs below Kleiman or Connerton.