I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a swipe card (= one that you slide through a machine in order to open a door )
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Swipe cards are used to enhance security.
swipe card
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I wish I knew who'd swiped my earrings.
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Jody swiped me across the face.
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Someone broke into my car and swiped my stereo.
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While I was swimming in the river, somebody swiped all my clothes!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gutsy but vulnerable underdog who swiped the prince and was still one of us at the end of it.
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But there was no doubt about it - his leg had been swiped.
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He ran into a fast-food joint and swiped some little handy wipes that made them smell all lemony.
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I had no intention of swiping the lot.
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It swipes the underside of the net.
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Mike said, swiping a hand past his head.
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Smiling, recognising, swiping, grabbing, balancing on his bottom, eating, imitating sounds, crawling, standing.
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When my hands started to sweat, I swiped a layer of Secret across them too.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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Like all ages, the late Middle Ages had its critics who took swipes at the activities of soldiers.
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Dole took a swipe at Clinton during his nationally-televised acceptance speech in San Diego.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A swipe of a card made it mine for two weeks.
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A swipe of the clutch reveals it feels the same as last year's bike.
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A Euclidian radius on the drawing became a few swipes with the file.
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A great swipe in the middle of that.
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A single downward swipe of the eyes.
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Addison also takes the opportunity for a side swipe at tragicomedy as a monstrous invention.
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Dole took a swipe at Clinton during his nationally-televised acceptance speech in San Diego.
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The bails needed to be off in a flash but poor Stewart missed with his first swipe .