Collocations for "rear"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rear" in context.
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rear
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the rear of the [car, truck, bus, train]
- the rear of the [house, property, church, classroom, hall]
- [coughing, laughing, heckling] from the rear
- [seating, seats, benches] at the rear
- move [to, toward] the rear (of the bus)
- [sat, waited, stood] in the rear
- [sat] at the rear
- load [pallets, cases, boxes] in the rear
- put the [bags, crates, cases] in the rear
- the [bags] fell out of the rear
- [attacked, came, appeared] from the rear
- idiom: bring up the rear
- the [horse, the animal, the donkey] reared its legs
- the [horse] reared
- the [horse] reared up on its [hind, back] legs
- the [horse, snake] reared up at him
- reared [back, forward, sideways]
- the [driver, rider, cyclist] reared his wheels
- rear her [young, offspring, children]
- reared by his [father, aunt, grandmother]
- rear [animals, cattle] for [meat, beef, slaughter]
- she was reared in [London, poverty, luxury]
- rear a [mast, frame, flag]
- [war, famine, destruction] reared its ugly head
- a rear [wheel, extension, panel]
- in the rear-view mirror
- rear-projection [screens, televisions, units]
- [slipped out, left through] the rear [exit, door]
- [looking, staring, gazing] through the rear window
- sitting in the rear seat (of the car)
- the rear [end, part, section, half]
- in the rear [end] of the [house, room, building]
- at the rear end of the line
- the rear end [tipped, tilted, rose, capsized]
- she fell (and landed) on her rear end
'rear' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):