Collocations for "lump"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lump" in context.
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lump
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a lump of [rock, clay]
- will get a lump of coal for Christmas
- a lump of [sugar, butter, flour, margarine]
- a [large, huge, massive] lump of
- [stir, whisk] the sauce to remove (any) lumps
- has a lump on his [face, cheek, forehead, arm]
- slang: had a lump in his throat
- slang: felt a lump in her throat as she [spoke, read, left]
- the [fall, accident, punch] left a lump (on his head, on his arm)
- the lump is [going down, disappearing, swelling]
- the lump is getting [bigger, smaller]
- check your [breasts, testicles] for lumps
- found a lump in my [breast]
- have the lump [checked out, examined] (by a doctor)
- UK, informal: the new [movie, play, book] came in for lumps (from critics)
- lump [marbles, stones, coins] together
- lump together [marbles]
- lump [people, groups, ideas] together
- lump [poor, intelligent, talented, ethnic] people together
- lumped (together) in the same [pile, group, category]
- lumped me together with the other [men, engineers, foreigners]
- (don't) lump us all together
- lumped the [work, problem, issue, mess] on me
- [he, the tanks, the truck] lumped along
- lumped along the [road, highway]
- UK: lumped me with the [problem]
- slang, UK: like it or lump it!
- football, UK: lump the ball [upfield, up the pitch, to the striker]
- [paid, deposited, received] a lump sum
- paid off the [debt, mortgage] with a lump sum
'lump' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):