noun
VERB + TATTERS
▪ lie in ( figurative )
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Her marriage now lay in ~.
▪ hang in
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Everywhere wallpaper hung in ~.
▪ leave sth in ( figurative )
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an injury that left his dreams in ~
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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Her clothes were in ~.
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With their plans now in ~, they gave up. ( figurative )
PHRASES
▪ rags and ~