Collocations for "snake"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "snake" in context.
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snake
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [venomous, dangerous, harmless, deadly] snake
- an area [populated, inhabited] by snakes
- [bitten, killed, attacked] by a snake
- the snake [leaped, hissed] in [defense, warning]
- [wrapped, held] a snake around her neck
- [poked, held] the snake with a stick
- saw a snake wriggling [around, away]
- saw snakes in the [jungle, glades, forest, woods]
- the snake's [tail, venom, tongue]
- thrown into a pit of snakes
- slang: is a snake in the grass
- slang: got a [lead, tip-off] from a snake
- slang: a snake in [prison, the gang]
- building: use a snake to [clear, unblock] pipes
- the [road, path, rope] snaked
- snaked her way through the [crowd, line, onlookers]
- snake out of [his grasp, the room]
- snaked around [my ankle, her, his neck]
- snaked down [the path, the wall, my leg]
- snake across the [garden, path, highway]
- snake [over, through] the [garden]
- is a snake charmer
- the snake charmer's [flute, music]
- [suffered, got] a snake bite
- an antidote for the snake venom
- thrown into a snake pit
'snake' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):