Collocations for "fame"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fame" in context.
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fame
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [great, global, lasting, short, brief] fame
- [great] fame as an [artist, actress, opera singer, engineer]
- acquired fame [from, by, when, through]
- a [measure, moment] of fame
- [primed, destined, prepared] for fame
- has always [wanted, craved, sought] fame (and fortune)
- [achieved, gained] fame [when, as, following]
- finally [achieved] fame
- fame isn't all it is [made out, cracked up] to be
- a whole [life, career] of fame
- the victim of his own fame
- the high [costs, demands, risks] of fame
- the [hall, wall, walk] of fame
- the [star's, singer's] rise to fame
- a [quick, startling, rapid] rise to fame
- the [song, appearance] rocketed them to fame
- living off [her father's, his wife's] fame
- struggling to [live with, handle] the fame
- idiom: enjoying his fifteen minutes of fame
- is his (only) claim to fame
'fame' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
achieve
- allure
- attribute
- baseball
- beckon
- brain
- bring
- brush
- bumpy
- celebrity
- claim
- comfort
- crave
- dazzle
- demise
- desire
- dive
- drug
- drunk
- eager
- edge
- enjoy
- escalation
- fickle
- fifteen
- fortune
- glitter
- gloss
- good
- greedy
- hall
- head
- hungry
- hunter
- inception
- induction
- itch
- ladder
- longing
- lure
- lust
- magic
- more
- motive
- nurture
- owe
- passport
- path
- pervasive
- picture