Collocations for "grinding"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grinding" in context.
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grind
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- grind (up) [coffee, beef, pepper]
- grind it (up) [finely, to a powder, coarsely]
- grind your teeth (at night)
- grind [steel, a knife, a sword]
- the [gears, engine] ground
- don't grind the [gears]
- come grinding to a [stop, halt]
- the [train, traffic] was grinding along (slowly)
- grind away [at work, at school, on a paper]
- [it] is grinding me down
- was grinding her hips (against him)
- grinding to the music
- and ground it [into the dirt, beneath his heel]
- [will, would] grind you into the dirt
- time to get back to the grind
- well, back to the grind!
- the [weekly, daily] grind
- [escape, get away] from the daily grind
- the slow grind of the [office, legal system]
- hear the grind of [bulldozers, drills, machines]
- the [chisel, knife] could use a good grind
- the [chisel] needs a new grind
- a [course, fine] grind of coffee
- a [course] coffee grind
- sports: do a grind on the [rail, box, curb]
- sexual: wanted a bit of bump and grind
'grinding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):