Collocations for "match"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "match" in context.
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match
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [soccer, tennis, cricket] match
- a [great, boring, good, bad, disappointing] match
- [easy, difficult, tough, grueling] matches
- a [series, spell, period] of [easy] matches
- [a home, an away] match
- an [even, uneven, unfair, unbalanced] match
- is an [even] match on paper
- were no match for [the champions, the winners, the other team, their opponents]
- the couple are a [great, good, poor, perfect] match
- the (home) team [won, lost, drew, tied] the match
- the match went into [injury, stoppage, extra] time
- the match was [cancelled, called off, postponed] (due to)
- [two] players were [injured, sent off] during the match
- [commentate on, analyze] the match
- [scored, assisted, set up] [two] goals in the match
- are [unbeaten, undefeated] for [six] matches
- in the [first, second] [half, period] of the match
- game, set, (and) match
- playing for match point
- [light, strike] a match
- use a match to light a [candle, cigarette]
- can I borrow a match?
- the match [referee, officials, venue]
- match-day [program, highlights, commentators]
- post-match [shows, interviews, analysis]
- a match book
- match [nicely, perfectly, instantly]
- match the [photo, identification, description] to
- it matches the [photo]
- match the [similar, same, common, equal]
- [your socks, the curtains] don't match
- [couldn't, doesn't] match the [original, first time]
- find [two, the ones] that match
- match his [style, process, technique]
- match your [clothes, shoes, jewelry] with
- matched by [sex, age, interest, color]
- match her up with [him, someone, a friend]
- see how you match up
- matched (up) against [the champion, your rival]
- matched him [pound for pound, blow for blow]
'match' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Saturday
- Wednesday
- ace
- amazing
- analysis
- appearance
- arena
- awful
- bad-tempered
- balance
- bang
- beat
- beggar
- bench
- best
- blazer
- boil
- breakthrough
- broadcast
- bull
- careful
- challenge
- chant
- charter
- chess
- climax
- close
- closely
- closing
- coaching
- coaster
- comfortable
- complexion
- contention
- controversial
- cooker
- cricket
- crowd
- dead
- depend
- dirty
- dismay
- disrupt
- donor
- drab
- dramatic
- draw
- dye
- dying
- early