Collocations for "labour"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "labour" in context.
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labor
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- in labor at the hospital
- went into labor
- was in labor for [ten] hours
- spent [ten] hours in labor
- I think I'm in labor!
- I think I just went into labor!
- my wife is in labor
- labor to [produce, install, build, make]
- labor is cheap
- [cheap, cheaper] labor
- hire [cheap] labor
- the cost of labor (in)
- [skilled, unskilled, manual] labor
- eliminate child labor
- the Department of Labor
- [$100] not including labor
- the price includes parts and labor
- the price doesn't include labor
- labor will be an additional [$100]
- the labor required to [finish, build]
- is a labor of love
- have been laboring over the (hot) [fire, stove] (all day)
- labored over his [novel, painting] (all day)
- labor from dawn till dusk
- labor from morning till night
- labored day and night
- labored all [morning, night]
- labored for [years, months] to
- labored in vain to
- was [patiently, carefully] laboring over
- makes a living laboring (at the docks)
- labored up a [steep, treacherous] hill
- the engine started to labor
'labour' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):