Collocations for "knot"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "knot" in context.
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knot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [granny, square, double, slip] knot
- tie a knot in [the rope, your laces]
- tie a knot [firmly, securely] (around)
- [held, secured] (in place) by a knot
- had knots in her hair
- was a knot in the [cable, rope, cord]
- trying to undo the knot
- can't get the knot [out, undone]
- [untie, undo, remove, comb out] a knot
- the knot of [family, kinship, marriage]
- are going to tie the knot in [the summer, September]
- a knot in the [tree, wood, bark, log]
- felt a knot in her stomach
- gave me a knot in my stomach
- the ship [travels at, reaches] twenty-five knots
- slang: don't tie yourself up in knots!
- slang: tied themselves up in knots [with, about]
'knot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):