Collocations for "never"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "never" in context.
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never
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- have never [seen, tried, done] (anything like) that before
- have never (ever) [regretted, wished, wanted]
- have never even [been, read, driven]
- left, never to return
- it's never too late to start
- never have enough [sugar, time]
- never forget [your roots, where you came from]
- never doubted you (for a second)
- never thought it [was, could be] possible
- never [knew, heard] that (before)!
- I never said [you did, that]
- you never [can tell, know]
- [perhaps we'll, we may] never know
- never in a [million, billion] years!
- never again!
- never again will I [let, try, trust]
- never ever!
- am never ever going to
- never even thought of that
- I would never have [thought of, imagined] that
- it never occurred to me that
- never in my wildest dreams did I [think, imagine]
- it will never happen!
- hope I never (have to) see [them, that] again
- [some, these] things never change
- was never the wiser
- never happier than when (he is) [working, with]
- never (felt) better
- [his record, her score] was never bettered
- in a never before [seen, done, completed]
- never mind
- never you mind
- never say [never, die]
- it's now or never
'never' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australia
- B
- Belgium
- Britain
- C
- Canada
- D
- England
- Europe
- F
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- I
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- London
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- OK
- Paris
- Spain
- Sunday
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- US
- Wales
- Wednesday
- aback
- abroad
- absence
- academic
- accord
- achieve
- adamant
- adult
- afraid
- airplane
- allow
- almost
- alternative
- amount
- amused
- anguish
- anxious
- anymore
- anyway