noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
leather
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Ranulf scooped his dice into his leather wallet and they went down the spiral wooden staircase and into the hall.
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Alexei took a leather wallet from his belt.
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On behalf of them all Tony Pite, tennis club chairman, presented Mr. Offer with a leather wallet .
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By the way, we will give you complimentary leather wallets for your cheque book and card.
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Both men flipped open the thin leather wallets they carried.
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The blind man called the police when he realised they had stolen his brown leather wallet .
■ VERB
hold
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She held out the wallet as she spoke.
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But hold on to your wallet .
open
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But several days after she opened the wallet , her brother arrived from Norfolk.
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So grab the kids, open your wallet and mouth, and commence to eating.
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Barnett kept the backs of his hands resting against the bar as he opened the wallet .
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She touched his hand to prevent him from opening his wallet .
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Miami was too quick to open its wallet .
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In top vintages, we are more than willing to open our wallets to stock our cellars with classic claret.
pull
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He pulled out a wallet and took a photograph from it, smoothing it with his fingers as though to keep it perfect.
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No need to stop and pull out a wallet , count the money and wait for the change.
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The other men pull out their wallets and pay up their shares.
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Somewhat as a reflex, the old man reached into his hip and pulled out his wallet .
reach
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If the light had been better, I might have reached for my wallet and looked at my calendar.
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The husband reaches for his wallet but can not find it.
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I understood immediately and reached for my wallet .
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When Mr Diallo reached for his wallet , they believed he was going for a gun.
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He reached into his wallet to pull out a few bucks.
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David got out and reached for his wallet .
steal
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At Newcastle station, the buffet was closed and some one stole his wallet .
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The thugs stole £20 from his wallet before fleeing the car park at Reading, Berks.
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He stood there like a weak-kneed schoolboy who'd impulsively confessed to stealing the headmaster's wallet .
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Then, quite by chance, I caught him red-handed, stealing the wallet of one of the machinists out of the cloakroom.
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Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald got me drunk and stole my wallet .
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The blind man called the police when he realised they had stolen his brown leather wallet .
take
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I took my wallet out and took two fivers and put them on the table.
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Pushing aside tie and scarf, he took out the wallet .
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He took out his wallet , hoping to find something hidden within the pigskin.
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Miguel sat beside him, taking out his wallet .
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Bunny straightened up and took my wallet out of his back pocket.
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He took his wallet from his suit jacket and headed off to the cafeteria.
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Alexei took a leather wallet from his belt.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
vote with your wallet
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All around the ring wallets were being slapped open and shut; fingers were being angrily pointed.
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All right, so you lifted the bearded geezer's wallet , but never mind that for the moment.
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At Newcastle station, the buffet was closed and some one stole his wallet .
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He had left his wallet behind, too.
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I took my wallet out and took two fivers and put them on the table.
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In top vintages, we are more than willing to open our wallets to stock our cellars with classic claret.
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Miami was too quick to open its wallet .
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Wade nodded at him and pulled a small photograph from his wallet .