Collocations for "press"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "press" in context.
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press
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [tabloid, broadsheet, free] press
- [quality, digital] press
- a [good, bad, fair, glowing, critical] press
- [received, got] [good] press
- was [questioned, followed, harassed] by the press
- [inform, address, answer, meet] the press
- (refuse to) talk to the press
- the [story, news, information] was leaked to the press
- the [story] was [published, serialized] in the press
- is a member of the press
- is no such thing as bad press
- the [book, album, movie] received a good press
- [an olive, a trouser, a wine, a printing] press
- hot off the press
- did a bench press of [300] pounds
- a [quick, long, short] press (on the doorbell)
- with the press of a button
- do fifty bench presses
- press [journalists, reporters, editors, agencies, relations]
- a press [release, pack, kit]
- gave a press conference
- has a press badge
- press coverage of the [crisis, situation, election]
- press the (on, off) button
- press [the shirt, his pants, your clothes]
- press and iron
- press (it) with [an iron, a trouser press]
- press into [balls, cakes]
- press it (down) flat
- press into [her, a corner]
- press against [the glass, the wall, her]
- pressed (himself) against me
- pressed the [gas, brake] pedal
- press and [hold, release]
- pressed her [hands, fingertips, knees, lips] together
- press the grapes
- [whether, want, not] to press charges
- really knows how to press my buttons
- (don't) press your luck
- pressed him on the [issue, decision, subject]
- (don't) press the [subject, matter, issue]
- was pressed into [service, action]
'press' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- advisory
- attendance
- authority
- badge
- believe
- bench
- bias
- brew
- button
- buzz
- cancel
- champion
- choke
- clarification
- clutch
- coin
- conference
- confirm
- confront
- considerable
- control
- copy
- corner
- court
- deem
- delete
- deposit
- digest
- disclose
- disclosure
- discomfort
- disconnect
- disregard
- distort
- edit
- elevator
- embassy
- emergency
- exit
- firmly
- flock
- flush
- free
- freedom
- funeral
- further
- garlic
- gauze
- giant