Collocations for "claim"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "claim" in context.
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claim
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- make an insurance claim
- a [disputed, successful, fraudulent] (insurance) claim
- a [false, legitimate] claim (to the)
- his claim to the [throne, fortune, estate, title]
- first claim on the [assets, property]
- have no claim to the [money, house, inheritance]
- is [assessing, evaluating, processing, investigating] the claim
- make a claim under oath
- make a claim [in court, to the jury]
- made a claim against [her, the defendant]
- made exaggerated claims (of)
- exaggerated the claims against her
- exaggerated (personal) injury claims
- a claim of [guilt, innocence]
- his claim states that
- the claim was [dismissed, proved false]
- her [original, previous, former] claim that
- (based on) the spurious claim that
- is [sticking to, standing by] her claim
- [deny, support, dispute, dodge] the claim
- resigned [amid, following] claims of [racism, favoritism, a coverup]
- has responded to claims (that) she
- UK: the [government, Prime Minister] has rejected claims (that)
- if he [is able to, can] successfully prove his claim
- be asked to prove your claim in court
- no [truth, substance, conviction] to the claim
- is his (only) claim to fame
- is a [big, dangerous] claim to make
- that's quite a claim!
- that's a bold claim!
- make unreasonable claims on [doctors', students'] time
- a claim check for your [coat, bag, prize]
- claim an inheritance
- claim ownership (of)
- claim the [prize, award] money
- claim your [reward, prize, inheritance]
- claim a lost [suitcase, wallet, item]
- [no one, nobody] (has) claimed it (yet)
- stepped forward to claim
- claim the right to
- claim responsibility (for)
- has claimed responsibility for the [attack, bombing, killing]
- claim for [theft, damages, losses]
- claim to [know, be, have, represent]
- claim that you [saw, did, heard]
- claims to have [seen, discovered, invented]
- [some] claim that
- claimed (that) he [would, could, had]
- claimed by [some, many] (to be)
- as has been claimed (by)
- as [was, had] previously been claimed
- or so he claims
'claim' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assess
- compensation
- dependent
- devil
- dishonest
- dispute
- documentation
- dubious
- enter
- entitle
- escalation
- exemption
- false
- fame
- few
- fine
- follower
- foundation
- fraud
- full
- genuine
- given
- group
- incur
- just
- lawyer
- lay
- luggage
- many
- minor
- plaintiff
- politic
- preposterous
- prize
- proceed
- process
- prove
- recognition
- refer
- refund
- reimbursement
- reject
- relinquish
- righteous
- running
- severance
- sham
- shore
- stake
- statement