Collocations for "picnic"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "picnic" in context.
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picnic
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- have a picnic [in the park, on the beach]
- a picnic by the [lake, river, stream]
- a picnic in [Hyde, Central] Park
- go on a picnic
- prepare a picnic
- [suggested, proposed] going for a picnic
- a picnic under a tree
- what did you bring for the picnic?
- a Sunday picnic
- going to the company picnic
- let's go for a picnic!
- it's a [nice, great] day for a picnic
- slang: and it's no picnic!
- slang: it's no picnic [telling your boss that, having to make]
- slang: the [stint, task, drive] was no picnic!
- sit at a picnic table
- spread out a picnic blanket
- sit on a picnic blanket
- open (up) a picnic basket
- a designated picnic area
- packed a picnic lunch
- open the picnic hamper
- sit at a picnic table
- [spread out, sit on] a picnic blanket
- open (up) a picnic [basket, hamper]
- a designated picnic area
- packed a picnic lunch
'picnic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):