I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Allen wrench
box end wrench
monkey wrench
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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In a couple of seconds the aerial had gone and the windscreen wipers had also been wrenched off .
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She wrenched off her coat while Tod trudged on up, and she came pounding after him.
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The lid of Pandora's box could be wrenched off or tightly sat upon.
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An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me.
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The great doors had been wrenched off their hinges, and anyone could come and go at all hours.
open
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Geoffrey wrenched open the front door, which set off the front alarm.
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He wrenched open the door and gave some instructions to the driver.
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Jean and I dashed to the back of Danny's truck and wrenched open the door.
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Then El-Jorr wrenched open the door and, ignoring everybody, left as abruptly as he had arrived, muttering to himself.
■ NOUN
door
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Geoffrey wrenched open the front door , which set off the front alarm.
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A minute later he had wrenched open the door and was standing on the terrace.
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He wrenched open the door and gave some instructions to the driver.
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Behind her the miners had wrenched the door open angrily.
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Instead she wrenched the door open, intending to shout something very rude at whoever had disturbed her quiet, peaceful morning.
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A voice told him to come in and he wrenched the door open.
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Jean and I dashed to the back of Danny's truck and wrenched open the door .
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Then El-Jorr wrenched open the door and, ignoring everybody, left as abruptly as he had arrived, muttering to himself.
■ VERB
try
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Horrified, she tried to wrench herself from sleep - then the water struck, roaring round her ears.
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Finally, just try to wrench your trolley to pieces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brian wrenched his back trying to carry a heavy box.
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In 1943, the army wrenched the boy's father from him.
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The boat wrenched and banked severely to the right.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every punch and kick doubled her up with pain and wrenched a tortured shout from her throat.
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He wrenched at the stout panelling, roaring with fury.
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Horrified, she tried to wrench herself from sleep - then the water struck, roaring round her ears.
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Only greater humiliation could result from an attempt to wrench the truth from her.
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They were almost at the church before he wrenched his mind back to the present.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
monkey
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While Elinor lived, Adam dared not risk flinging a monkey wrench into that dream.
■ VERB
throw
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Yet Washington keeps throwing political wrenches into oil projects at home and abroad.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As she told me the bad news, I felt a wrench in my stomach.
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One wrench of your back could cause permanent damage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I know it is going to be a wrench .
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He had a wrench hanging from his belt loop.
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I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong's driving seat and wound up the engine.
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Spray it and then use the wrench on it, jump on to the window ledge then on to the door.
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Yet Washington keeps throwing political wrenches into oil projects at home and abroad.