Collocations for "spirit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spirit" in context.
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spirit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [brave, fighting, courageous] spirit
- (in) [good, poor, positive, negative, high] spirits
- [evil, friendly, haunting] spirits
- [banish, ward off, get rid of] evil spirits
- many believe the spirit [dies, doesn't die, lives on]
- the spirit [guided, helped, haunted] them
- the spirit of my [grandmother]
- a spirit of the dead
- will be [there, with you] in spirit
- absent in body, but present in spirit
- they [finally, never] succeeded in breaking his spirit
- was a [man, senator, player] of broken spirit
- a spirit of freedom [grew, prospered, prevailed]
- the spirit of [victory, freedom, liberty, reform, democracy]
- the spirit of the [era, time, period, age]
- [meek, weak, downtrodden] in spirit
- a [levy, duty, tax] on (wine and) spirits
- drink spirits
- mind, body and spirit
- that's the spirit!
- a spirit level
- [the wolf, she] is my spirit animal
'spirit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):