Collocations for "fret"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fret" in context.
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fret
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is in a state of fret
- a [total, complete] state of fret
- is always in such a fret
- what are you in a fret about?
- in a (total) fret over [money, her son, being late]
- the [guitar, bass, banjo] frets
- her fingers [slid, moved] over the (guitar) frets
- put his fingers on the [right, wrong] frets
- her little fingers don't reach [three] frets
- fret [about, over] [it]
- [don’t, try not to] fret [about] it
- I can't help fretting
- is fretting over her [life, career]
- the [baby, child] fusses and frets
- music: [learn, study, teach] fret positions