Collocations for "crutch"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "crutch" in context.
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crutch
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- uses crutches
- has been using crutches for [two months]
- has to be on crutches (for two months)
- has been on crutches [for, since]
- learn to walk with crutches
- was hobbling on crutches
- I can walk on one crutch (now)
- uses crutches to walk
- use crutches for support
- put her crutches [on the seat, in the trunk]
- a pair of crutches
- sore from using crutches
- the crutches are too [long, short]
- make the crutches [longer]
- an emotional crutch
- using [her, it] as a crutch