I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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stuff
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And, as it happens, I haven't come to watch you strut your stuff on this dubious little contract.
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I have done nothing to allow it to grow, change or strut its stuff .
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Enjoys windsurfing, working out at the gym and strutting his funky stuff on the dance floor.
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To celebrate, the ensemble will strut their stuff for hometown fans in Ticket to Amsterdam.
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Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper!
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And by 1895, the city was ready to strut its stuff when it hosted the Cotton States International Exposition.
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The presenters strut their stuff behind a podium instead of on a runway.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He strutted across the stage like Mick Jagger.
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Jackson strutted around on stage between songs.
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The hotel was full of rich people strutting around in fur coats and Rolex watches.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And by 1895, the city was ready to strut its stuff when it hosted the Cotton States International Exposition.
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Arjuna Ranatunga was a dictatorial leader, who strutted around the field with Napoleonic arrogance.
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Molassi pushed Rodomonte away and strutted forward.
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No matter how he strutted and screamed, the end result was more like watching performance art than hearing a concert.
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One bird strutted pompously; another crawled into a corner to die.
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The dancers clapped and strutted, tossing their heads boldly like horses.
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The rival male, meanwhile, strutted around the deserted lady partridge in ill-disguised triumph.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each leg consisted of a primary strut with an inner and outer cylinder in a piston-like arrangement.
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The struts of the bridge whirred by, dripping.
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The prototype antenna popped from its carrier like a jack-in-the-box, and its three 92-foot accordion struts inflated as planned.
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They call it the strut now.
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You had to go by their strut to distinguish between who should be approached and who avoided.