Collocations for "bad"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bad" in context.
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bid
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [highest, winning, current] bid
- the [opening, starting] bid will be [$40]
- a closing bid of [$40]
- a bid of [$40]
- a [minimum, maximum] bid of
- the winning bid goes to
- [have, place, put in] the winning bid [on, for]
- put a bid in for the [company, job]
- [put, place] a bid on the [bike, house]
- put a bid in [at, during] the auction
- place a bid [at, during] the auction
- [beat, better] the previous bid
- a bid for [power, election]
- [launch, announce] a takeover bid
- (their) bid to [snatch, take, grab] power (from)
- in a bid to [disturb, create, help, provide, stop, get, become]
- made a bid to join the [club, gym]
- made a bid for freedom
- the bid [amount, price]
- your bid history
- bid on an [auction, item]
- bid for the [golf clubs, car, painting]
- bid against [each other, other buyers]
- bid with [confidence, trust]
- bid (the) [highest, lowest, largest]
- bid the [highest] [amount, sum]
- bidding for [power, the position, the presidency]
- bidding to [become, be]
- bidding to host the [Olympic Games, World Cup, event]
- bid them [goodnight, farewell, a warm welcome, good day, adieu]
- [he, the captain, the leader] bade them to speak
- do as I bid you
'bad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accident
- apple
- attitude
- attraction
- average
- bad off
- bad-tempered
- basketball
- bear
- bearer
- blend
- blood
- body
- book
- border
- box
- boy
- break
- breath
- call
- cancellation
- card
- case
- chalk
- cheat
- check
- choice
- cold
- commute
- conquer
- considering
- cop
- corner
- correction
- crowd
- cure
- curse
- cushion
- dampen
- day
- debt
- deep
- delegate
- despise
- direction
- discomfort
- disrupt
- disturb
- do
- dose