Collocations for "slam"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slam" in context.
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slam
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the door [closed, shut] with a slam
- [closed] the door with a sham
- heard a slam come from [the bedroom, outside]
- a slam came from [the bedroom]
- the [loud, mighty] slam of the door
- won the Grand Slam of [golf, tennis]
- sports: a [body, choke, side] slam
- cards: won with a slam
- informal: I'm [fed up with, sick of] your slams!
- informal: the [book, movie, album] has come in for slams
- slang: sentenced to [five] years in the slam
- take part in a poetry slam
- slam the [door, window] (shut)
- the [door] slammed (shut)
- slammed (the door) [violently, forcefully, angrily]
- slammed into [a car, a tree, him]
- slam on the [door, table, window]
- she slammed her [opponent, critics, husband]
- she was slammed (by critics)
- slam on the [brakes, gas]
- slam [into, out of] the room
- slam a [shot, penalty, free-kick]
- [the basketball player] slams it home
- nailed a slam dunk
- slam poetry
'slam' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):