Collocations for "cuff"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cuff" in context.
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cuff
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [plain, creased, ironed] shirt cuffs
- the [right, left] cuff of my shirt
- [adjustable, elastic] cuffs
- a [coffee, wine, blood] stain on the cuff
- [tugged, pulled] at her glove cuffs
- rolled up his [pant, jean] cuffs
- got the cuff of his pants stuck [in a door, on a nail]
- [unbuttoned, rolled up] his cuffs
- tried to [remove, take off, get rid of, loosen] the cuffs
- [put, slapped] the cuffs on the [prisoner, suspect]
- cuffs around his wrists
- [got, broke] out of his cuffs
- cuff the [prisoner, suspect]
- his [hands, wrists] were cuffed
- her [hands] were cuffed behind her [neck, back]
- cuffed by a police officer
- cuffed on the [street, sidewalk, premises]
- cuffed in his [house, office]
- cuffed in front of her [husband, children]
- sexually explicit: cuffed her to the [bedpost, headboard]
- cuffed him [round, on] his [ear, head]
- cuffed him across the [face, head]
- cuffed [the boy, me] [hard]
- cuffed him [hard, playfully, violently]
- an off-the-cuff [remark, comment, jibe]
- [gold, silver, plain] cuff links
'cuff' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):