Collocations for "commute"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "commute" in context.
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commute
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [daily, weekly] commute into [the city, downtown]
- the daily commute to [school, work, the office, the city]
- a [forty-five-minute, forty-mile] commute
- the commute is much better since I moved (to)
- The commute is too long for me.
- wish I didn't have so much of a commute
- wish I had less of a commute
- wish I had a shorter commute
- My commute really isn't [that, too] bad.
- my commute could be better (but)
- How long is your commute?
- commute to [work, school]
- commute from [home] to [work]
- commute into [the city, work]
- spend [5 hours] commuting (a week)
- commute [daily, regularly]
- commute by [bicycle, train, bus, car]
- commute his death sentence to [life imprisonment, a life term]
- commute your pension
- a commute time of [forty minutes]