Collocations for "glove"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "glove" in context.
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glove
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [winter, snow, driving, work, fingerless] gloves
- use a golf glove
- [leather, down, cotton] gloves
- [boxing, fighting, baseball, goalkeeper, skiing] gloves
- [welder's, blacksmith's, glassblower's] gloves
- gloves for [welding]
- gloves or mittens
- tuck your gloves into your [sleeves, jacket]
- a new pair of gloves
- I lost one of my gloves [on the bus, at school]
- the [right, left] glove
- prefer gloves to mittens
- put your gloves on
- should have brought my gloves
- curl your [hands, fingers] inside your gloves
- should have [brought, worn] [better, thicker] gloves
- always wear gloves when
- idiom: handled with kid gloves
- idiom: the gloves are off!
- the [shirt, hat] fits like a glove
- [it] fits you like a glove
- gloved [it, the ball]
- gloved and [threw, stumped, returned]
- gloved it to the [fielder, pitcher, wicketkeeper]
- gloved (the ball) into his [face, padding]
- gloved her [hands, hand, fingers, fist]
- gloved with a [stocking, sock]
- in the glove [box, compartment]
- a [thin, warm] glove liner
- use glove warmers
- glove puppets
'glove' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):