Collocations for "coup"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "coup" in context.
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coup
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- a [military, government, rebel] coup
- a [military] coup in [Pakistan]
- a [daring, courageous, dangerous, bloody] coup
- [an attempted, a failed, a successful] coup
- [involved in, implicated in] the [attempted] coup
- [plotted, engineered] a coup (to)
- a coup to overthrow the [government, dictator, leader]
- were overthrown in the coup
- a coup to [oust, get rid of] the dictator
- [stop, prevent] a coup (of)
- ousted as a [result, consequence] of the coup
- the coup was [thwarted, prevented] by
- pulled off a [daring, remarkable] coup
- [led, organized, masterminded] the coup (to)
- [led] the [successful, failed] coup (of)
- His [signing, agreement] was quite a coup.
- is quite a coup that he is [playing, performing] here
- the coup [plotters, mastermind, engineer, leader]
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