Collocations for "false"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "false" in context.
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false
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- don't give him false hope
- lulled (me) into a false sense of security
- a true-or-false [exam, portion, question]
- True or false?
- the (correct) answer is false
- gave a false [account, statement, description] (of)
- the test [gave, yielded] a false positive
- gives a (completely) false impression (of)
- my [first, initial] impression (of him) was false
- was just a false alarm!
- was a false witness
- bear false witness against
- a false identity
- false information about
- false claims of [abuse, domestic violence]
- submit a false claim in court
- gave a false statement to the [police, authorities]
- arresting for having a false [license, passport]
- false friends in English
- religion: false [gods, prophets]
'false' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appear
- appearance
- arrest
- assertion
- assumption
- astray
- claim
- clue
- conclusion
- deceive
- dust
- evidence
- honesty
- hope
- lull
- lure
- mislead
- positive
- premise
- profession
- prove
- quiz
- scare
- security
- sense
- signature
- smile
- spoof
- start
- style
- supposedly
- swiftly
- true
- vowel