Collocations for "limping"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "limping" in context.
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limp
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a limp [leg, arm, shoulder, hand, body]
- my [leg] has gone limp
- [let, made] her [leg, muscles] go limp
- (feel) limp from [running, sitting, exercise]
- my hair is limp and [lifeless, dull]
- a limp [rag, cloth, branch]
- a limp [flame, cigar, cigarette]
- a limp [handshake, wave, greeting]
- sexually explicit: a limp [penis, member]
- sexually explicit, slang: his dick [was, went, stayed] limp
- a limp [excuse, argument, point, effort]
- limp [writing, conviction, performances]
- walks with a limp
- has a limp when he walks
- developed a limp [when, from]
- has a limp from the [crash, fall, accident, tackle]
- [hobbled, walked] off in a limp
- left her with a [pronounced, noticeable] limp
- tried to [conceal, hide] his limp
- a difference in leg length gives her a limp