Collocations for "grand"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grand" in context.
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grand
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- UK: [is, looks] very grand
- a [home, mansion] in a grand [setting, estate]
- need to make a grand gesture
- (at) the grand opening of the [store, restaurant]
- was awarded the grand title of
- won the grand prize
- racing in a Grand Prix
- the grand total is [$400]
- the [proposal, presentation] was a grand slam
- won the grand slam of [tennis, golf]
- won the [tennis] grand slam
- charged with [three, multiple] counts of grand theft
- was [charged, arrested] for grand larceny
- in front of the grand jury
- a (baby) grand piano
- the Grand Canyon
- UK: that [is, would be] just grand!
- informal: cost about [five] grand
- informal: the [cops, government] confiscated [ten] grand (from)
- informal: have [ten] grand in [the bank, savings]
- informal: lost [four] grand [on the stock market, gambling]
- informal: that must have cost (you) [ten] grand!
- informal: a grand's worth of [coke, drugs]
- informal: this is what [ten] grand's worth of [coke] looks like
- informal: must be [ten] grand's worth here!
- informal: you spent [two] grand on this?!
- informal: had to pay [ten] grand in [fines, penalties]
- informal: accepted [a bribe, an illegal payment] of [fifty] grand
- is playing the (baby, nine-foot) grand
'grand' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):