Collocations for "bike"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bike" in context.
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bike
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [cross, super-cross, cruising] bike
- a [50, 125, 500] cc bike
- a [two, four] -stroke bike
- go to [work, school] by bike
- ride my bike to [work]
- ride my bike for [exercise, pleasure, transportation]
- learning to ride a bike
- never learned (how) to ride a bike
- never forget how to ride a bike
- it's [like, as easy] as riding a bike
- ride his bike without (the) training wheels
- need a new bike
- someone [stole, wrecked, trashed] my bike
- crashed my bike
- had an accident on my bike
- wear a helmet when you ride your bike
- [20 minutes, 10 miles] on the [static, exercise] bike
- slang, UK: on your bike [sunshine, matey, young man]!
- offensive, slang, UK: she was the [neighbourhood, school] bike
- a bike (repair) shop
- bike [repair, maintenance, parts, accessories]
- a bike [accident, injury, rack]
- a bike [path, trail, lane]
- go on a bike ride
- at the bike park
- (held) a bike meet
- in a bike race
- a bike rider
- bike to [work, school, the store]
- bikes into [work, school, town]
- [prefer to, tend to, usually] bike (to work)
- [love, hate, like] to bike
- biked off to [work]
- bike (home) from [work]
- bikes [every day, regularly]
- biking on the [road, sidewalk]
- bike along the [river, road, lake]
- bike through the [rain, snow, wind]
- bike through [town, the park, France]
- bike [around, across] [town]
- biking [uphill, downhill]
- biking [up, down, over] the [mountain, hill]
- biking with my [friends, parents]
- bike a [package, parcel, delivery] to
'bike' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christmas
- accident
- alloy
- approach
- axle
- baby
- basket
- battery
- bid
- birthday
- board
- border
- bound
- break
- bridge
- cement
- chain
- courier
- crash
- cross
- dad
- dead
- dealer
- direction
- dirt
- ditch
- driveway
- enjoyable
- essential
- even
- fall
- flank
- flat
- fold
- garage
- giddy
- go
- head
- helmet
- hill
- lamp
- lock
- loosely
- maroon
- midget
- moped
- mountain
- neat
- new
- order