I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
30 mile/360 kilometre/2 hour etc round trip
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A coachload of supporters made the 700-mile round trip to South Devon.
a boat trip
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You can take a boat trip to the islands nearby.
a bus ride/journey/trip
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It's a 20-minute bus ride into town.
a coach trip
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The two-night coach trip to Paris will cost £149.
a nightmare journey/trip (= an extremely unpleasant journey )
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Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the tube drivers strike.
a nostalgia trip informal (= a situation or experience that reminds you of events in the past )
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Walking around campus was a great nostalgia trip for both of us.
a shopping expedition/trip
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His shopping trip with Uncle Billy had been a thorough success.
book a trip
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I booked the whole trip on the Internet.
day trip
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My grandparents took me on a day trip to Blackpool.
ego trip
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Their singer’s on a real ego trip.
field trip
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a geography field trip
go on a trip/tour/cruise etc
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My parents are going on a cruise.
pack trip
road trip
slip/stumble/trip etc and fall
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He slipped and fell on the ice.
trip hop
worth a trip/visit etc
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The local museum is worth a visit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
foreign
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Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government.
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In his first foreign trip as president, Bush went to Tokyo for the funeral.
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And that Azul knew the full story but he was leaving on a foreign trip ... well, this afternoon.
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But last night the Governemnt urged a crackdown on foreign trips for young offenders.
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Gifts lavished on David Currie, the former head of civil engineering, included foreign trips and expensive meals.
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I also made a number of foreign trips .
long
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Price includes everything - equipment, food, hotel or tent and, on longer trips , an escort vehicle.
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It was a long trip , he said, an effort.
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I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there.
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The week long trip took in Dublin, Barlaston and Waterford.
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She twisted her ankle while getting off the lift and had made the long trip down in pain.
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Billie was fast asleep; it had been a long and boring trip for some one crammed in the back.
recent
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On a recent trip to Moscow trip in search of funds and support for his election campaign, he was received coolly.
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On a recent trip to London, I took the Zagat survey for a road test.
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He showed pictures of a recent trip he had made along the Cumbrian Way.
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Jed-Forest confirmed last night that they had suspended a player until next season because of misbehaviour on a recent trip to Twickenham.
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Bruggeman said researchers on a recent trip hiked 19 miles into the wilderness.
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Each year group described a recent trip and showed photos and work they had done.
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Comite accompanied Koop on a recent trip to Phoenix.
return
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Despite Morley Street's shock defeat by Chirkpar in that race last year, Jackson is tempted to make the return trip .
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Zubrin proposes burning methane with liquid oxygen for the return trip to Earth.
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Those last would not be required again until they reached the last mile of the return trip .
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It's a return trip in this category for co-winner Les Freres Taix.
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Some 250 passengers were booked on the return trip to Hamburg via Lisbon.
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He hoped he might encounter the girl in the Lotus Elan making the return trip .
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Another, on his first bus journey, noted down the name of a shop as a landmark for the return trip .
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Now, on the return trip to Lymington, he could see at least 200 white sails.
round
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Duncan charged £5-a-head for the 200-mile round trip to the new brewery.
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The boatmen who brought trade goods up the Missouri as far as the Yellowstone made $ 220 for the round trip .
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Distributors would travel perhaps a 1,500-kilometre round trip to collect stocks of vehicle accessories.
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However, it has scheduled three extra round trips between Phoenix and Las Vegas on Sunday, to accommodate people staying there.
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The round trip of some twelve miles is one of the finest of mountain expeditions.
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Half-way through their round trips , they are both directly opposite their starting point.
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You can explore part of the Thurgau in a round trip starting and finishing at Kreuzlingen.
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In Engineering, the choice which Bill Larnach did make, that paradoxically meant Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a 30-mile round trip every day.
short
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And as soon as his own net duties were over on Tuesday and yesterday, Ian made the short trip to Derby to spectate.
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The pain of the short trip brought tears to my eyes.
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I didn't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island.
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The bottle goes around again, a shorter trip as they are standing closer, shoulder to shoulder.
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He and took me on a short sight-seeing trip to the Qutab Minar.
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On a short trip , the North Island provides plenty to do and see.
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Leaders Sunderland made the short trip to Seaham and things looked close at half time as they nosed in front 19-14.
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As a result, few visitors make the short trip from the capital.
■ NOUN
boat
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And red-breasted merganser headed purposefully out to sea - as our four-hour boat trip came to an end.
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The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list.
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Take a boat trip upstream along the Swan River through vineyards, stopping off to visit wineries.
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A two-hour boat trip will take you to Lundy Island, once famous for its pirates and now for its puffins.
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A festival, a boat trip , climbing to the top of a hill.
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Glass-bottom boat trips are also available.
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I didn't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island.
bus
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We stayed at Dassia, six miles and a 45p bus trip from town.
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Jesse Ventura may tour flood damaged areas during his bus trip next week to northwestern Minnesota.
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But the school budget is too tight to afford a lot of bus trips .
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He took a six-hour bus trip to Oneonta for the funeral.
business
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He was on a business trip to California.
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With her father frequently away on business trips , the motherless Frankie turns to Berenice for guidance.
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We're over here on a business trip .
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Scheduled an out-of-town business trip .
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As no doubt he would dismiss this evening - part of a planned relaxation programme during a hectic business trip .
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One afternoon I got home from a business trip , and the first thing I did was check my voice mail.
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The letter would reach him on his business trip .
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Eugene had brought the map back after a business trip , and Wyatt had promptly memorized many of the stops.
coach
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It would entail a coach trip of about two and a half hours each way.
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We also have a two-night coach trip which costs just £149.
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She was one of the more cautious volunteers, yet she took the coach trip .
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Looe Bindown golf course is 4 miles away, boat and coach trips can be arranged.
day
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Now millions of visitors come every year for day trips and holidays.
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From there will be wine tasting and a day trip to Luxembourg.
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Behind one souvenir from a day trip to Brighton was a crumpled 100-franc note.
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Most of the tourists in the forest are on day trips .
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The full day trip this year was to Whitby, stopping enroute at Malton and Laughton.
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It used to be a day trip: the island has shrunk, since my childhood.
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Home early from London, home early from a day trip .
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Take a day trip to Edinburgh, 45 miles away.
ego
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My aggressive five-year ego trip along the path of separatism was over.
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Atlanta is on a massive ego trip , mixed with a congenital inferiority complex that makes Atlantans overly eager to impress others.
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To possess power is the ultimate ego trip for many people.
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The chance of an ego trip , to add to all the ones I've already made?
field
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A few field trips are also arranged.
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Those schools have taken field trips to their local missions.
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The rest went on books, equipment, stationery and field trips .
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They are completely without inhibition, a bus fall of preteens on a field trip .
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He shows her a text message sent by Emily asking how the field trip is going.
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Students can now see a field trip , the descriptions and the student reports.
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Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World.
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During a field trip to Pioneer Park in Mesa, a 4-year-old girl was left behind by the day-care staff.
road
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The Bucks concluded a four-game road trip with a 1-3 record.
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Maybe it has taken the girls this long to fully recover from the demoralizing Arizona road trip .
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For example, what year was the road trip ?
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They are on their own until Sunday, when they fly to New York for the beginning of a three-game road trip .
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She has a short ruse anyway; road trips make it shorter.
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He also did not accompany the team when it left for Pittsburgh last night for a five-day, two-game road trip .
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Cal and Stanford so far have tried, and failed, to sweep the Washington road trip .
school
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She went on a school trip to Tuscany and saw many of the pictures she had known for so long.
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We went in a school trip .
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My first visit to Cornwall was on a school trip .
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Dalgliesh found himself wondering if it had been brought back from a school trip to the capital.
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If only all school trips had been like this.
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So there at Janet's Foss was my first school trip of the season.
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These were Roman kids back from a school trip , with critical mass.
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Mum with the tea ready - she even makes Cal's sandwiches for a school trip .
shopping
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The man who'd followed us on our shopping trip .
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Sainsbury's encourage this by refunding 1p for each bag reused during your shopping trip .
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An ordinary shopping trip will leave you weary.
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D' you feel like a shopping trip to New York?
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Take kids for last shopping trip but still can not remember which essential of life we have run out of.
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For this shopping trip is partially inspired by a letter I received today, outlining just what an economic Titan I am.
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Just the usual talk about the weather and her occasional shopping trip to Fort William.
■ VERB
include
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Fraser's considerate gesture enabled them to lengthen the visit to include a two-week trip to New Zealand.
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Activities will include a field trip , sports, arts and crafts, games and more.
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Rail ramble: Richmondshire Ramblers' next outing will include a trip on the Settle-Carlisle railway.
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Part of the fun includes a trip to make-up.
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Secondary functions include trip and distance logs of up to 9,999 miles, a clock, stopwatch and variable depth alarm.
make
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I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there.
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He could make many trips from the beaches to the transports.
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Piaf had persuaded him to make the trip .
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Before the week is over, she will make several more shopping trips to put food on the dinner table.
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And as soon as his own net duties were over on Tuesday and yesterday, Ian made the short trip to Derby to spectate.
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Radio signals from Laurel to Mathilde and back will need 36 minutes to make the round trip .
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The Rocky Mountaineer will continue to make one round trip a week in summer from Vancouver to Calgary.
pay
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It seems a sponsor to pay for the trip couldn't be found.
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Dole is expected to tap resources of the national and state Republican parties to pay for his trips .
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Two-thirds of this goes to charity; the rest pays for your trip .
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I took money from my parents to pay for my trip .
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But in East Anglia, 64 per cent wouldn't mind paying extra for a trip into Norwich or Ipswich.
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By Nov. 18, band members delivered to the travel agent about $ 100, 000 to pay for the trip .
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As it's a private nursing home, they paid for the trip .
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Flynn told investigators that he did not know how Fisher had arranged to pay for the trip , the source said.
plan
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I was not planning a trip to Alice Springs, I pointed out.
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The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list.
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We planned a three-day trip following the North Kaibab Trail to the Colorado river.
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Federal employees we know describe colleagues who spend their days reading magazines, planning sailing trips , or buying and selling stocks.
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He is planning another trip into the countryside to demonstrate his solar cells as well as a new solar cooker.
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But in late 1987 there were other reasons to plan such a trip .
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A word of warning, if you are planning a trip to Hackwood, arrive early to get a good view.
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Got to plan my next trip .
shop
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Pizza is how we make a shopping trip special when the purchases will not be for them.
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Each shopping trip is a wild goose chase.
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Before the week is over, she will make several more shopping trips to put food on the dinner table.
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Christmas was over, so we could hardly announce that she had gone on another shopping trip .
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She used to really like those shopping trips to Nordstrom.
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Planning begins even before you venture out for the weekly shopping trip , readers say.
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It meets the need for quick shopping between trips to the supermarket and for emergency shopping.
take
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Moving this took 15 trips in my ancient Renault, which struggled under loads that threatened to dent its roof bars.
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Those schools have taken field trips to their local missions.
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Dave's verdict: an ideal tent for two people to take on backpacking trips , and for use on static camps.
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They took trips together, went to dinners together.
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The very houses seemed disposed to pack up and take trips .
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He took me fishing with him, shared books with me, took me on camping trips .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a walk/trip down memory lane
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So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them.
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The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro.
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This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.
be on a guilt trip
fact-finding trip/visit/mission etc
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At that stage, I did not make any connection between my irritability and my fact-finding missions.
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My older brother, who had a crush on my friend, often accompanied me on these fact-finding missions.
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Some pass the evening chatting to a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
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There is always a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
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There will also be in-depth discussion on Northern Ireland and the Mr Clinton's plan to send a fact-finding mission.
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There will be no fact-finding missions to any of the countries in question.
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This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.
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When on the fact-finding mission, my approach was a lot like yours, matter-of-fact.
fence-mending measures/talks/trips etc
lay a guilt trip on sb
power trip
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Most of them seem to get a power trip from their ritualistic behaviour.
trip/roll off the tongue
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A name which trips off the tongue .
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Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue .
wasted journey/trip/effort etc
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As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
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By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
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If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
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It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
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Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
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Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
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Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
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What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
whistle-stop tour/trip
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In twenty-four hours she has been on a whistle-stop tour of three countries.
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No more whistle-stop tours of the newest shopping centre in Nuneaton to look forward to.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Every year Peter goes on a fishing trip with all his old friends.
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How was your trip ?
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It's only a three-hour trip by plane to Seattle.
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It's such a nice day - how about going on a boat trip ?
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My dad and I used to go on a camping trip alone together every summer.
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My friend and I took several road trips to New York City.
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My husband's away on a business trip in China.
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The trip to the coast took longer than we expected.
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They decided to take a trip to Paris.
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They went on a trip to Australia and loved it.
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This year we're going to Colorado on a five-day skiing trip .
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We had a fantastic trip - the flight was fine and the hotel was perfect.
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We have enough money saved to take a trip to Cancun.
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You're a trip .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hotelier Dermot Walsh organised the trip .
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I had Mrs Abadie and Mrs Jackson, whose husbands had not returned from inspection trips.
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I was not planning a trip to Alice Springs, I pointed out.
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It was the Pioneers' fourth trip to the championship game in seven years, all coming during even-numbered years.
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Piaf had persuaded him to make the trip .
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The trip has been hurriedly arranged by a group of pub locals.
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Your space trip cost $ 5 but gave you at least $ 100 of pleasure.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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Creed tripped over something lying in the grass and even his head-over-heels tumble seemed lazy and unreal.
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In front, Ramsay's own mount tripped over a fallen beast and rider and all but threw its own, but recovered.
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She tripped over a case and landed full on top of the larger of the two men.
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I trip over a log and fall but don't hurt myself.
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Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes, each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way.
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One policeman tripped over a litter-bin and sat down heavily in the gutter.
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He claims he keeps tripping over something on the ground.
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He was forced to back away, almost tripping over bodies and becoming enmeshed in other fights.
up
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The pensioner was so angry, he tripped up the mugger with his walking stick and grabbed the book back.
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The city wisely legalized home-based businesses but tripped up on regulation.
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Newcastle, though, need others to trip up .
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Usually she is careful, at least whilst she's down here, but once she and one of her beaux tripped up .
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First, pregnancy is always likely to trip up the unwary anaesthetist.
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He almost tripped up over his own drunk feet, but Isay supported him.
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He trips up quite a bit anyway when he's walking along.
■ NOUN
tongue
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Names trip off his tongue with an ease bred through familiarity.
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A name which trips off the tongue .
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For a nasty moment I thought she'd tripped over her tongue and hurt herself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gretzky was tripped by O'Donnell near the goal.
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Her medical problems began when she tripped on a rug and broke her hip.
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I tripped as I got out of the car.
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I didn't push him - he tripped.
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One boy tripped and fell into the water.
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One man tripped me up and the other one grabbed my handbag.
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One of the runners claimed she had been tripped.
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Pick up that box -- someone might trip over it.
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She'd had quite a lot to drink and kept tripping over.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A moment later she trips and slides down the hill.
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He stumbled forward, and tripped, and fell.
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Once the beast can walk on a flat smooth floor without tripping, other behaviors can be added to improve the walk.
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She trips and falls down on to the pallet.
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The pensioner was so angry, he tripped up the mugger with his walking stick and grabbed the book back.
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The stammering policeman spun around, tripped on the rusty pot, and all but crashed to the ground.