Collocations for "goose"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "goose" in context.
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goose
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [golden, spruce] goose
- [roast, cook] a goose
- eat (roasted) goose
- play duck duck goose
- the geese are [migrating, going south]
- the geese are honking
- can hear the geese honking
- feed geese at the [park, lake]
- hunt for goose
- hunt geese
- geese in the [river, stream, lake]
- you silly goose!
- your goose is cooked!
- cooked the [player's, worker's, budding artist's] goose
- UK: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
- [got, has] a goose egg on his head
- gave her a goose egg
- filled with goose down
- a goose down [jacket, comforter, pillow]
- found a goose feather
- go goose hunting
- sent me on a wild goose chase
- are covered in goose [bumps, pimples, flesh]
- is giving me goose bumps
- goose liver pâté
'goose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):