I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
skipping rope
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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The two girls died when the car ploughed into them from behind as they skipped along a pavement.
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Scraps of songs came out of his mouth as he skipped along , twirling his stick and tipping his turban to passers-by.
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She skipped along and into the wood at the end of the gardens.
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He skipped along the corridors and went to see Matron to tell her the good news.
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She grabs a hold of my arm and skips along beside me.
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But the Doctor had turned on his heel and was almost skipping along the right-hand corridor.
around
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They laboured with enthusiasm and imagination and showed tolerance towards interfering children who hopped and skipped around , getting in the way.
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Foreign calls, flowers, and skipping around all evening like a teenager.
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Kelly put the phone down and skipped around the room.
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After several minutes, he began skipping around , asking questions randomly, pursuing instruction at different levels.
off
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But that's where they've all skipped off to.
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The Rabari skipped off ahead, saying we would meet up at the base.
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And then if he's serious in marrying you, my advice to you would be to skip off and do it.
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After a few days recovering, they would skip off to get the bus north and have another go.
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This would cause it to skip off the atmosphere into space-rather in the manner of a stone skipping off water.
out
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A school of small tuna, about eighteen inches to a foot long, came jumping and skipping out of the water.
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We also did the occasional dinner, skipped out on a restaurant check.
over
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He skipped over roots and brambles.
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All effective readers skip over or guess at some words, paraphrase sections of text, and resume reading.
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And you can cut down on waste by viewing your faxes on-screen first, and skipping over junk faxes and cover sheets.
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The trivia, though, is irresistible, the history is thorough, and the technical stuff is easy to skip over .
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I'd like to skip over this decision because it wakes me up in a sweat fairly often.
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Do not just skip over this bit.
■ NOUN
beat
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My heart skipped a beat and the fear came flooding back.
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His mind, like a good strong heart, merely began skipping little beats at first.
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Breathing and blood were stopped; her mind emptied, muscles went paralysed and even her heart skipped , missing a beat .
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Lisa felt her heart skip a beat inside her.
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Katherine's heart skipped a beat .
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But Nathan Bryce had only to look at her for her heart to skip a beat , then race out of control.
class
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Kate had decided to skip the afternoon's classes and arranged to meet him at the boatyard near the Tech.
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Talking out, skipping class , being tardy or disrespectful are no more acceptable for work-inhibited students than for any others.
grade
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He was a good enough student to skip a grade in elementary school and later scored 1280 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
heart
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My heart skipped a beat and the fear came flooding back.
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His mind, like a good strong heart , merely began skipping little beats at first.
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Breathing and blood were stopped; her mind emptied, muscles went paralysed and even her heart skipped , missing a beat.
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But the familiar screaming of sheet metal against a wall undoubtedly will make hearts skip faster than usual.
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Lisa felt her heart skip a beat inside her.
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Katherine's heart skipped a beat.
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Zama's eyes filled but her heart skipped in her chest.
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But Nathan Bryce had only to look at her for her heart to skip a beat, then race out of control.
school
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I used to skip to school with a skipping, rope, at skipping time.
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He often skipped school to study the river.
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He fell asleep plotting to skip school next morning.
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You skip school , they only keep you back a year.
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You skip Sunday school , you go to Hell.
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She says, Remember the time we skipped school ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's heart misses/skips a beat
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Skipping meals is not a good way to lose weight.
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Bill likes to leave work early, so he skips lunch sometimes.
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Can you skip to the other end of the playground.
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Shelly skipped down the sidewalk.
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The children went skipping along the path.
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The weather's so nice today - let's skip class and go to the beach.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the big firms seemed to skip Loyola in their recruiting.
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Death is a skipped meal compared to this.
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Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action!
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In summary, the areas in which there are few updates can be skipped very quickly.
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The trivia, though, is irresistible, the history is thorough, and the technical stuff is easy to skip over.
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Then, his eyes seeming to skip the mound of her stomach, he looked at her face.
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They laboured with enthusiasm and imagination and showed tolerance towards interfering children who hopped and skipped around, getting in the way.
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Today, there is no formal structure to investigate or even debate whether UFOs have skipped through our atmosphere.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rubbish
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Did she take it with her when she went to the rubbish skip or dash to a stationer's and buy it?
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At the comer stood a green plastic rubbish skip , presumably the one where Ruggiero's letter had been left.
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Apparently a lorry carrying a rubbish skip was hi-jacked in nearby Pomeroy several hours ago and the driver held at gunpoint.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then, in the shadow between the skips, he settled down to wait.
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Back to the car, a half-run hop skip situation.
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He walked with a stick, but sometimes he would throw it away and skip .
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In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.
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Susan said to Marian Prouse, and let Prager help her aboard the skip .
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Then a big skip and an entire chapter of their marriage would sail right into the blue.