Collocations for "slum"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slum" in context.
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slum
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [dirty, neglected, violent] slum
- the slums [in, near] the city
- in the city slums
- a slum [on the outskirts, in the suburbs]
- has turned into a slum
- gentrifying the slums
- the [artist, rapper, businessman] came from the slums
- grew up in the slums
- the slums of [Chicago]
- the [Chicago] slums
- lives in the slums
- promised to [clean up, remodel] the slums
- advised to [stay, steer] clear of the slums
- [ventured, wandered] into a slum
- got [mugged, attacked, pickpocketed] in the slum
- a slum full of drug [users, addicts, dealers]
- the [apartment, house] is a real slum
- more a slum than [an apartment]
- slum [dogs, cats, rats]
- slum [communities, areas, neighborhoods]
- living in slum-like conditions