Collocations for "slim"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slim" in context.
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slim
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a slim [girl, boy, man, woman, person, individual]
- has a slim [body, shape, figure, waist]
- has slim [legs, arms]
- slim-fit [clothes, pants, tops, jeans]
- the [clothes] are slim-fit
- she is [getting, looking] slimmer
- is nice and slim
- is slim enough to [get, climb, snake, worm] through
- escaped through a slim [gap, opening]
- [won, lost] by a slim margin
- [elected, chosen, won] by a slim majority
- made a slim [profit, return]
- has slim [income, earnings]
- there were (only) slim pickings to be [had, made]
- the [chances, odds] are very slim (that)
- her chances are [looking, getting] slim (to)
- there is only a slim chance of [success, finding, winning]
- there is only a slim chance that she will [succeed]
- has a slim chance of [succeeding]
- slim chance!
- the odds of (him) [winning, qualifying, succeeding] are slim
- a [very, extremely] slim margin [of, for] error
- has a slim lead (over)
- she slimmed down
- [a diet, exercise] can slim you down
- slim down your [hips, waist, thighs]
- slim your [hips] down
- slim down the [workforce, organization]
- slim the [workforce] down
- the [workforce] was slimmed down
'slim' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):