Collocations for "pun"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pun" in context.
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pun
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- [an amusing, a terrible, a clever] pun
- [make, write, use] a pun
- [sounds, looks, seems] like a pun
- slipped (some) puns into the [reply, speech, comment]
- the pun was [intended, intentional, unintentional]
- [pardon, excuse] the pun!
- no pun intended!
- puns and [jokes, riddles]
- the [show, book, movie] is full of puns
- pun with a [word, phrase, name]
- was punning on the [word]
- can be punned with the [word]