Collocations for "repair"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "repair" in context.
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repair
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [car, truck, bike, motorcycle, van, vehicle, brake, engine] repairs
- take the [car] in for repairs
- pay for the [car] repair
- [boiler, refrigerator, air-conditioning, dishwasher, equipment] repairs
- [household, bathroom, kitchen, house, electrical] repairs
- [network, system, line, railway, track] repairs
- the repair of faulty [circuits, connections, goods, items, machines]
- how much will the repair [cost, run me]?
- [an expensive, a fast] repair
- needs some [significant, costly, structural] repairs
- is in need of repair
- [carry out, complete] repairs on
- the property is in [bad, good, fair, excellent] repair
- repair [the car, damage, a relationship]
- [the car] has been repaired
- repaired by the [garage, mechanic, technician]
- repair your [strength, health]
- literary: repaired [hastily, suddenly, silently] to
- repair [contracts, services, companies, firms]
- an official repair [store, shop, center]
- repair [kits, tools, parts]
'repair' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ailing
- amenable
- axle
- bay
- beetle
- bicycle
- bike
- blackout
- boarding
- boiler
- burst
- cable
- car
- chain
- charge
- chime
- clutch
- computer
- couple
- covenant
- crank
- crude
- dam
- damage
- default
- defect
- dock
- dollar
- downtown
- drainage
- driveway
- dump
- elevator
- engine
- estimate
- exhaust
- facade
- fail
- fashion
- faucet
- faulty
- filter
- foundation
- fund
- furnace
- give
- goggle
- guide
- handset
- heater