Collocations for "practicing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "practicing" in context.
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practice
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [office, work, management] practices
- [good, best, standard, usual, customary] practice
- go to [driving, golf, soccer] practice
- have [driving] practice [tomorrow]
- (use it for) target practice
- it takes practice (to)
- takes a [great deal, lot of] practice to be able to
- to [be this good, play that well] takes practice
- took [years, months, weeks] of practice [to, before]
- [five months] of practice
- [solid, constant, determined] practice
- put your [knowledge, skills, learning, theory] into practice
- [playing, teaching, throwing, driving] takes practice
- am [totally, really, completely] out of practice
- he made a practice of [giving, lending, asking, borrowing, checking]
- [open, own] a [medical, family, legal, dental, veterinary] practice
- [set up, open, work in] a dentist's practice
- [doctor's, lawyer's] practice
- the practice of [law, medicine]
- (perfect) practice makes perfect
- a practice [session, run, piece, test]
- practice [basketball, your Spanish, your swing]
- practice [your scales, the guitar]
- practice your skills at [archery, carpentry, writing]
- practice the [skills, techniques] necessary (to become)
- practice [speaking, saying, sprinting]
- practice every [day, week]
- practice on [Wednesday]
- practice [hard, regularly]
- practice [on the field, in the classroom, at home]
- practice [with the team, alone, on the off season]
- practicing for the [game, race, competition]
- practice to [improve, perfect, maintain]
- practice [medicine, law]
- practice as a [doctor]
- practice in a [hospital, clinic, legal firm]
- practice [caution, healthy behavior, safe sex, forgiveness]
- [need to, should] practice
'practicing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):