Collocations for "climb"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "climb" in context.
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climb
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- climb [Mt Everest, the mountain]
- climb to the top of [the charts, your field, the hill]
- climb [a tree, the ladder, the stairs, a wall]
- likes climbing trees
- climb (up, down) [a tree]
- the [monkey, cat] climbed up a tree
- climb to the [top, bottom]
- climb up to (the top)
- climb down from (a tree)
- climbed into the [car, taxi]
- climb on the [jungle gym, sculpture, table]
- don't climb on the [furniture, exhibits]
- climb on board
- climb aboard the [bandwagon, pain train]
- climb over the [mess, rubble, bodies]
- climb over the [hill, fence]
- [the dog, kids] climbing [all over, on] me
- climbed out of [his crib, a window]
- climb back [up, down]
- climb through the [window, opening]
- climb for [fun, exercise]
- climb and descend
- climb [safely, quickly]
- the [stocks, prices, ratings] (continue) to climb
- (have a) mountain to climb
- a [long, steep, challenging, grueling, dangerous] climb
- the climb was [steep, grueling]
- a [rock, mountain] climb
- is an [hour's] climb to
- the long climb to the top (floor) of
- the climb of [Mt. Fuji]
- there are [five] climbs in the [race, competition, Tour de France]
- [attempted, finished] the climb (of)
- [puffed, scrambled, crawled, cycled] up the climb
- am [tired, exhausted, hungry] after [the, that] climb
- the [stocks, rates] experienced a climb
- experienced a [sharp, subtle, drastic] climb
- there was a sharp climb in [price, worth, numbers]
- the climb of the [dollar] against the [euro]
- her climb in [popularity, stardom]
'climb' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corporate
- dare
- everlasting
- foot
- game
- giddy
- hatch
- hill
- killer
- ladder
- ledge
- meat
- moderate
- modest
- mountain
- nerve
- peak
- person
- porter
- punish
- rejection
- remarkable
- reserve
- revenue
- rice
- rope
- slide
- slim
- sluggish
- steady
- steep
- strictly
- summit
- sustained
- thrilling
- toil
- tricky
- twofold