Collocations for "props"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "props" in context.
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prop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [stage, movie] props
- a prop for the [movie, play, commercial]
- used as a prop in the [movie]
- [fashioned, made, came up with] a prop from
- a magician's props
- handmade props
- made all of their own props for
- makes props for [museums, theaters, producers]
- in charge of the props (for)
- the props and costume
- look for a prop to [hold up, support, pin]
- supported by [metal, wooden, temporary] props
- a single prop [plane, airplane]
- UK, sports: plays prop forward in the team
- prop up a [car, ladder, table]
- prop a [car] up on [bricks, a jack]
- prop (it) against the [wall, tree, house]
- leave your [bike, bicycle] propped against the [wall]
- propped himself up against the [wall]
- prop yourself up with [pillows, cushions]
- propped herself up on [one, her] elbow
- prop up a [weak army, failing government]
- prop the [door, window] open
- prop open the [door]
- the [door] was propped open [with, by]
- UK: propping up the bar
- a single-prop [plane, airplane]
- UK, sports: plays prop forward in the team
'props' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):