Collocations for "foil"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "foil" in context.
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foil
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [aluminum, tin] foil
- a [sheet, roll, pack, box] of [aluminum] foil
- [thirty, fifty] meters of [aluminum] foil
- wrap it up in (aluminum) foil
- cover it (up) in (aluminum) foil
- tear off a piece of (aluminum) foil
- covered in (aluminum) foil
- wrap the foil around
- unwrap the foil (from)
- remove the foil before putting [it] in the microwave
- use foil to [preserve, protect] (the) food
- dated: a foil to their [plan, machinations, scheme, attack]
- sports: a fencing foil
- foiled the [attempts, plans, attack, robbery, revolt]
- the [police, FBI, detectives] foiled their [attempts]
- foiled their plans to [steal, rob, attack]
- was foiled by the [police]
- (was) foiled again
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