Collocations for "balloon"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "balloon" in context.
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balloon
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- [blow up, pop, inflate, burst] a balloon
- the balloon [popped, burst]
- the balloon [floated, flew] away
- a [red] balloon
- a [Mylar, latex] balloon
- balloons for [the party, her birthday]
- [party] balloons
- a bouquet of balloons
- is giving out (free) balloons
- helium (-filled) balloons
- threw water balloons (at)
- using a weather balloon
- in a hot-air balloon
- The child was [holding, playing with] a balloon.
- playing with [party, birthday] balloons
- [cheeks, a face] like a balloon
- [puffed out, swollen, inflated] like a balloon
- went down like a lead balloon
- ballooned [in weight, in cost, in value]
- his weight ballooned to [200 pounds]
- [costs, stocks, prices, debts] are ballooning
- [costs] have ballooned by [$500, 500 points]
- [costs] have ballooned in [the current quarter, recent years]
- [costs] have ballooned by [more than, over, nearly, almost]
- with [costs] ballooning to [$500]
- [costs] are ballooning out of control
- ballooned from [150 pounds, $250] to [200 pounds, $500]
'balloon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):