Collocations for "coast"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "coast" in context.
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coast
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [east, west, northern, southern] coast
- a [lake, sea] coast
- the [Atlantic, Pacific] Coast
- Ivory Coast (in Africa)
- [swim, sail] to the coast
- [swim] along the coast
- [swim] towards the coast
- are [situated, built] all along the coast
- live [right on, near] the coast
- [lies, is] (just) off the coast (of)
- go to the coast for [the summer, vacation]
- can [see, smell] the coast
- have never [been, visited] the coast
- guards the coast
- [tidal, tsunami, huge] waves struck the coast
- the storm raged [up and down, all along] the coast
- you can [leave, come out] - the coast is clear!
- the coast of [Jamaica]
- the coast guard
- coast [downhill, down the hill]
- coasting through [life, math class]
- coasted through [the exam, his studies]
- he is just coasting (through)
- coasted along [the road, main street]
- coasted slowly (along)
- coasted into [place, the garage]
- the [ship, boat, yacht] coasted
- coasted to a stop
- [the team, England, he] coasted to victory
'coast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Greece
- Sweden
- advance
- around
- batter
- boat
- buffet
- deploy
- driving
- drown
- east
- eastern
- forty
- founder
- four
- gang
- guard
- hill
- hot
- hurricane
- inland
- island
- ivory
- mile
- pirate
- sandy
- scatter
- seldom
- shark
- ship
- sight
- sixty
- skirt
- southern
- strand
- stretch
- surveyor
- tidal
- town
- turkey
- turtle
- village
- wash
- west
- western
- wreck