I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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If they are still eating, try obtaining a medicated flake from your local vet .
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Several organisations will do this, or perhaps your local vet will help.
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He had the skull in a plastic bag ready to consult Dave Smith, the local vet , when his shift ended.
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With the patience and advice from my local vet we set up a recovery programme.
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The local vet arrived at the farm to examine the carcases.
■ VERB
call
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You must then know how to cope with the trouble and judge whether to act on your own or call the vet .
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She radioed down to her senior keeper who called the vet .
take
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I recently took Millie to her vet .
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Rescued by human teens and taken to the vet , Keelk recovers and begs for help to rescue her family.
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We took Ben to the vet and he was given a course of antibiotics, which seemed to do the trick.
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The injured animal was later taken to a vet for treatment.
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We dread having to take her to the vets for her nails to be cut.
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If he's sick, I treat him, and take him to the vet if he's real bad.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Could you call the vet and ask him to come to the farm? I'd like him to have a look at one of the horses.
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Gina has wanted to be a veterinarian since she was a little girl.
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Jane's taking her kitten to the vet on Friday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And still the vet did not come.
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But vets say the public is unaware of just how dangerous the virus can be.
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But no, this chap isn't a vet .
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He announced the results of a survey of 400 vets working in 600 slaughterhouses which found the average hourly rate was £25.70.
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Holly Thomas has wanted to be a vet since she was four years old.
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I will send for a vet tomorrow.
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Mind you, I expect they're already fixed up with a vet .
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Some techniques used in marketing to physicians work especially well on vets.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tanner had already been vetted and confirmed for his job at the CIA.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He vets every script and is checking-out scripts for the new series at the moment.
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High schools are paid for by the prefecture, but their curriculum is vetted by the capital.
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Hughes called on ministers to vet the new gospel play for him.
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I also spent about three months vetting requests for enquiries.
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It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence.
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No, but there's a careful vetting procedure-psychometric tests and interviews, and informal references are checked.
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The Home Office says all staff will be strictly vetted.
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This reveals that more than 70 investment schemes vet companies on ethical and/or environmental grounds.