Collocations for "lane"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lane" in context.
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lane
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [outer, outside, inner, inside] lane (of)
- the [central, middle] lane of the [highway, freeway]
- a [four] -lane [highway, freeway]
- the [highway] has [four] lanes
- adding a lane to the [highway]
- a [sea, shipping, docking, boat, bicycle] lane
- the [track, highway, road] lanes
- [crossed, swerved] (over) into my lane
- signal when changing lanes
- the [fast, slow] lane
- [take, stay in] the [right, left] lane
- was [driving, cycling, going] in the wrong lane
- overtake on the [outside, inside] lane
- just [cut across, veered into] my lane!
- the [athlete, sprinter] ran [out of, into] her lane
- [swam, ventured, strayed] into the [next, adjacent] lane
- will be [running, starting] from lane [four]
- won the race from lane [eight]
- [rolled, hurtled, launched] the ball down the (bowling) lane
- live on a [quiet, narrow, historic, newly built] lane
- [walk, stroll, drive] [up, down] the lane
- [walk] up and down the lane
- the [project, development] is really in the fast lane now
'lane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):