Collocations for "dirt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dirt" in context.
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dirt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- your [dress, shirt, hair] is covered in dirt!
- your [dress] is full of dirt!
- have dirt all over your [dress]
- [wiped, brushed, cleaned] the dirt off her [dress]
- couldn't get the dirt out of my [dress]
- covered in dirt from the [wind, storm, gusts]
- covered in dirt from [gardening, cleaning, sweeping]
- [get, wash] the dirt out (of)
- a [film, layer] of dirt on the [table, surfaces]
- [digging, playing] in the dirt
- good dirt for growing [squashes, vegetables, cucumbers]
- track in dirt from [outside, the yard]
- digging up dirt on [his rival, their opposition, other candidates]
- have a lot of dirt on the [star, celebrity]
- the latest dirt on the [star]
- the latest dirt in the [magazines, gossip shows]
- informal: dished the dirt on the [star]
- published dirt about the [star]
- treats [his wife, her students, the workers] like dirt
- slang: made the [defendant, student, politician] eat dirt
- slang: eat dirt, you [sore loser, slime, cheater]!
- a dirt [track, road, path]
- ride a dirt bike
- bought the [car, bike] dirt cheap
- dirt [stains, smudges]
'dirt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ball
- bank
- blink
- blow
- bonfire
- brush
- cake
- clean
- clog
- coated
- collect
- cover
- dig
- dirty
- fatigue
- filthy
- fling
- foul
- grave
- grease
- grind
- gritty
- hood
- hose
- inlet
- lash
- mound
- pile
- pour
- remove
- rim
- rinse
- roll
- scrape
- scrub
- shake
- shovel
- shower
- smother
- smudge
- soak
- sole
- speck
- splash
- spoil
- streak
- swirl
- tear
- track
- trail