Collocations for "patrol"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "patrol" in context.
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patrol
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- go out on the nightly patrol
- [dog, neighborhood, rat, pest] patrol
- are all out on patrol
- was caught by the border patrol
- [searched, stopped] by a police patrol
- was pulled over by the highway patrol
- the (security) guards making the regular patrol
- UK: a crossing patrol outside the school
- a patrol car
- patrol officers
- patrol [the border, downtown, the streets, the area, a district]
- patrol [on foot, on horseback, in cars, in a boat]
- patrol [the border] to [check, see, secure, look for]
- patrol at [night, dawn, noon]
- patrol throughout the [day, night, event]
- patroled by [coastguards, officers, security guards]
- patroled for the [security, safety] of
- a patrol car
- patrol officers
'patrol' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):