Collocations for "fresh"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fresh" in context.
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fresh
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- fresh [food, produce, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, flowers]
- [a bit of, some] fresh air
- [need, get, step outside for] [a bit of] fresh air
- is (like) a breath of fresh air
- [time, need] to make a fresh start
- a fresh [start, beginning] in [life, her career, the league]
- a fresh [attempt, copy, idea, approach]
- felt fresh after the [shower, dip, bath, swim, nap]
- fresh from the [farm, sea, river, fields]
- fresh off the [stove, line]
- fresh out of the oven
- fresh out of [school, the academy]
- fresh [evidence, footprints, tracks, clues, leads]
- the [evidence] was still fresh
- milk fresh from the [cow, dairy, farm]
- the [food] is still fresh
- [leaves, keeps] it smelling daisy fresh
- (as) fresh as a daisy
- fresh in my [mind, memory, thoughts]
- the [day, event, content] is fresh in my [mind]
- keeps it nice and fresh
- don't get fresh (with me)!
- we're fresh out of [milk, eggs]
- fresh out of [ideas, excuses]
- fresh [food, produce, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, flowers]
- [a bit of, some] fresh air
- [need, get, step outside for] [a bit of] fresh air
- is (like) a breath of fresh air
- [time, need] to make a fresh start
- a fresh [start, beginning] in [life, her career, the league]
- a fresh [attempt, copy, idea, approach]
- felt fresh after the [shower, dip, bath, swim, nap]
- fresh from the [farm, sea, river, fields]
- fresh off the [stove, line]
- fresh out of the oven
- fresh out of [school, the academy]
- we're fresh out of [milk, eggs]
- fresh out of [ideas, excuses]
- fresh [evidence, footprints, tracks, clues, leads]
- the [evidence] was still fresh
- milk fresh from the [cow, dairy, farm]
- farm-fresh [eggs, cheese, milk]
- the [food] is still fresh
- oven-fresh [food, meal]
- a daisy-fresh smell
- [leaves, keeps] it smelling daisy fresh
- (as) fresh as a daisy
- fresh in my [mind, memory, thoughts]
- the [day, event, content] is fresh in my [mind]
- [start, stay, keep] fresh
- keeps it nice and fresh
- don't get fresh (with me)!
'fresh' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
air
- almond
- angle
- apricot
- artichoke
- assortment
- avocado
- bagel
- baked
- balcony
- basil
- batch
- bathe
- battery
- bedding
- beet
- beginning
- belt
- berry
- biscuit
- blackberry
- blood
- boat
- bread
- breath
- breathe
- canned
- challenge
- change
- chopped
- cinnamon
- clove
- coat
- cookie
- copy
- corn
- crab
- cranberry
- crap
- creek
- cucumber
- cuisine
- custard
- dairy
- daisy
- deposit
- dill
- dish
- eat
- enticing