Collocations for "after"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "after" in context.
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after
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.prep
- after the [movie, meeting, vacation, class]
- tell me after [class]
- after the [end, last]
- after [lunch, sunset]
- [day, week] after [day, week]
- life after [death, divorce, 40]
- [money] comes after [health]
- [asked, inquired] after you
- a [man, woman] after my own heart
- came one after another
- [one] comes after [the other]
- [cleans, tidies up] after [him, himself]
- [closed the door, turned off the lights] after her
- after all, (it's worth a try, she is your sister)
- after all his [troubles, worries, problems]
- after what [has happened, she said]
- (not) after [what, all that's] happened
- after all I've done for you!
- named after [her grandfather, his father, their favorite singer]
- after you, [please, I insist]
- after [a while, a few minutes, an hour]
- after his [arrival, death]
- after [arriving]
- then, after that
- she's after [me, your job, a pay raise]
- what are you after?
- [placed, ranked, positioned] after
- placed [shortly, immediately, long] after
- lived happily ever after
- now and [for ever, forever] after
- after you have [finished, tidied up]
'after' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP
- B
- C
- Christmas
- D
- E
- F
- I
- N
- O
- S
- T
- W
- Y
- abrupt
- absence
- accent
- accommodation
- accrual
- achievement
- added
- adjective
- ahead
- allegedly
- anguish
- announcement
- anticipation
- anytime
- apparent
- appetite
- apron
- arm
- arrive
- ash
- ask
- authorization
- awake
- bad off
- bad-tempered
- bag
- ban
- barren
- baseball
- bear
- beat
- beating
- bed
- before
- beforehand
- betrayal