Collocations for "crew"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "crew" in context.
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crow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [blue, black, carrion, grey] crow
- a murder of crows
- The sky is filled with crows.
- [twenty miles] from here as the crow flies
- The crows are [cawing, calling].
- [cawing] like a crow
- a member of the crow family
- crows and [ravens, magpies]
- find a crow's [eggs, nest]
- heard the crow of [cocks, roosters]
- gave a crow of [triumph, joy, satisfaction]
- informal: had to eat crow [when, after, because of]
- slang: is an [old, evil] crow
- UK, slang: well, stone the crows!
- the [cock, rooster, cockerel] crows (at dawn)
- crow about [the, how, your]
- he is always crowing about [the]
'crew' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):