Collocations for "outsider"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "outsider" in context.
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outsider
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- do not take kindly to outsiders
- do not like outsiders (in these parts)
- has always felt like an outsider [here, in this country, at school]
- made her feel like an outsider at [school, work]
- outsiders are (not) welcome
- is [regarded, viewed, seen] as an outsider
- sometimes it takes an outsider to [see, understand, realize]
- get an outsider's [perspective, opinion, view]
- UK: is a (rank) outsider to [win, qualify]
- UK: bet on an outsider
- UK: the (20-1) outsider won the [race, event, tournament]
'outsider' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):