Collocations for "fist"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fist" in context.
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fist
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [clenched, tightened, loosened] her fist
- clenched her hand into a fist
- made her hand into a fist
- made a fist out of her hand
- [stood, waited, sat] with a clenched fist
- [stood] with her fists clenched
- [thumped, banged, rapped, smashed] his fist on the [desk, table]
- pounded on the [door, trunk] with his fists
- [pumped, raised, swung] her fist in victory
- [swung, swiped] his fist in [anger, frustration]
- shook his fist at the [youths, students, delinquents, boys]
- got a fist to the [cheek, jaw, nose]
- felt the full [blow, force, impact] of his fist
- managed to [deflect, block, dodge] his fist
- [drove, rammed] his fist through the [wall, partition]
- [pummeled, beat, pounded] him with her fists
- idiom: [make, lose, spend] money hand over fist
- UK: would make a good fist of being a [teacher, politician, social worker]
- sexually explicit: [likes, loves] fist-fucking
'fist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):