Collocations for "kids"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "kids" in context.
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kid
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [little, wimpy, rude] kid
- he's [only, just, still] a kid
- stop [acting, playing, behaving] like a kid!
- take your kids to the [game, mountains, office]
- go on [vacation, a trip] with the kids
- go [shopping, climbing, cycling] with the kids
- our kids are [well behaved, as good as gold, polite, excited]
- we have [three] kids at home
- used to [play, hang out, go] there when I was a kid
- give your kids [candy, a treat]
- picked the kids up from [school, daycare]
- [taking, driving] the kids to [school, basketball practice]
- How are the kids?
- slang: it's just kid stuff (in comparison)
- the goat and her kid
- is my kid [brother]
- is a real kid pleaser
- don't like that kid stuff anymore
- kid [leather, jackets, gloves]
- [treat, handle] her with kid gloves
- kid-friendly [movies, attractions, activities]
- the [movie] is kid friendly
'kids' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Thanksgiving
- accomplishment
- activity
- all
- alone
- another
- baking
- barefoot
- beast
- bed
- bother
- cave
- cereal
- chicken
- climb
- company
- contrary
- cracker
- cutlery
- dad
- death
- direction
- discipline
- diversion
- down
- dumb
- encouraging
- entertain
- entertaining
- entertainment
- esteem
- excite
- fiend
- fighting
- fort
- frequently
- frighten
- fund
- fussy
- gather
- geography
- glitter
- goat
- hand
- hangout
- hose
- hype
- impossible
- injure
- inner