Collocations for "lashed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lashed" in context.
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lash
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [two] lashes of the whip
- [fifty] lashes as punishment
- punished with [five] lashes of the whip
- sentenced to [fifty] lashes for his crime
- got [fifty] lashes for [theft, blasphemy]
- struck the lash against [his, the prisoner's] back
- brought the lash down on [him]
- applied mascara to her lashes
- [highlighted, curled, colored] her lashes
- fluttered her [long, curly] lashes at him
- got some [dirt, dust] in my lashes
- the lash of his [sharp, wicked] tongue
- felt the lash of her tongue
- UK, slang: went out on the lash (with the lads)
'lashed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):