Collocations for "backdrop"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "backdrop" in context.
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backdrop
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- is [painting, making] the backdrop (for the play)
- a hand- [painted] backdrop
- a backdrop for the [photograph, portrait]
- a [muslin, silk, thick] backdrop
- the [theater's, stage's] backdrop
- designs backdrops for the [theater]
- the [city, view] has a [beautiful, stunning] backdrop
- the [mountains, sea] as the backdrop
- a [neutral, distracting, white] backdrop
- is the [ideal, perfect] backdrop (for)
- the [wedding's, movie's] backdrop
- (set) against a backdrop of [fear, deceit]
- played out against a [dramatic, stunning] backdrop
'backdrop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):