Collocations for "clip"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "clip" in context.
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clip
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a video, an audio] clip
- [download, upload, post, watch, see] a video clip (about)
- clips from the [last, latest, forthcoming, next] episode
- clips of the [show, program, movie]
- watch [news, sports] clips
- a [thick, metal, large, small] clip
- a [hair, paper, food, bag, phone, belt, rucksack] clip
- held [together, in place, firm] with a clip
- are [fastened, joined] with a clip
- use a clip to [fasten] the sheets (of paper)
- [fastened] with a binder clip
- UK: [fastened, held, kept] together with a bulldog clip
- UK: used clips to [cut, trim] [hair, the plants]
- wear a tie clip
- a [diamond, gold] clip on his [lapel, shirt, tie]
- UK: gave [his son, him] a clip around the ear
- UK: took a clip to the [jaw, shoulder, face]
- were [moving, traveling, going] at quite a clip
- [moving] at a fair clip
- clip the [sheets, pages, papers, reports, bills] (together)
- clip the [sheets] to the [board, clipboard, desk, surface, table]
- clipped on her earrings
- clip them into [place, position]
- [simply, just] clips into [place, position]
- clip a [hedge, bush, plant, flower]
- clip a [rose, petal] from a [plant]
- clip your [nails, fingernails, toenails]
- clip a [bird's, chick's] wings
- clip [a dog's, your cat's, the animal's] claws
- have your [poodle, dog] clipped
- clipped him on the [jaw, cheek, ear]
- clipped the [other car, street post]
- clipped his side mirror
- clipped (quickly) [through town, down the road]
- clipping along at a [quick, fast] pace
'clip' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):