Collocations for "resort"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "resort" in context.
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resort
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [tourist, vacation, beach, seaside, health, spa, ski] resort
- a [singles, gay, family] resort
- an all-inclusive resort
- a [Caribbean] resort
- a resort in the [Caribbean]
- a [4] -star resort
- [featured, promoted, recommended] resorts
- the [best rated, most popular, most visited] resorts
- the resort is popular [with, among] [singles, families]
- [build, open, inaugurate, launch] a new resort
- millions [go, flock, head] to the resorts (every summer)
- (only) as a last resort
- the [court, measure, action] of last resort
- resort to [drastic, emergency] measures
- resort to [violence, killing]
- resort to [creating, using, investigating]
- [had, forced] to resort to drastic measures
- resort to [underhanded, cowardly] tactics
- (without) resorting to dirty [tricks, play]
- [should, would] never resort to violence
- [finally, would not] resort to
- have [never before, finally, always] resorted to
- resort [increasingly, instead, again] to
'resort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mexico
- Morocco
- Russian
- Spain
- affluent
- bay
- beach
- blackmail
- bullying
- catering
- charm
- chef
- classy
- coastal
- cottage
- couple
- cunning
- desert
- fashionable
- gay
- gorgeous
- health
- holiday
- ideal
- island
- leisure
- lesbian
- lodge
- luxury
- nature
- paint
- patron
- patronage
- plastic
- rating
- reef
- repeat
- ridge
- salon
- salt
- scare
- seaside
- service
- single
- situation
- ski
- soaked
- spa
- suite
- tourist