Collocations for "rifle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rifle" in context.
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rifle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [16-mm, heavy, hunting] rifle
- [an automatic, a semi-automatic] rifle
- a [standard-issue, military] rifle
- [load, cock, reload, shoot, fire] a rifle
- reached for his rifle
- the rifle's [scope, barrel, trigger]
- [pointed, aimed] his rifle at
- [slung, carried] his rifle over his shoulder
- when looking down the barrel of a rifle
- the rifle jammed
- was [shot, hit] with a rifle
- rifle through the [drawers, locker, office]
- UK: rifle home [a goal, the winner, the equalizer]
- rifle [goods, products, items] from a store
- the [weapon, pipe, barrel] was rifled
- the rifle [barrel, trigger, catch]
- a member of the rifle association
- practice at a rifle range
- a [good, professional, great] rifle shooter
- [gunned down, killed, downed] by rifle fire
'rifle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):