Collocations for "reel"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reel" in context.
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reel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a film reel
- a reel of film
- start the reel
- the [projector, movie] reel got jammed
- a reel of [copper, tungsten, steel] wire
- a reel of [cassette, video, sticky, insulating, duct] tape
- [casted, wound, pulled on] the fishing reel
- felt a [bite, pull] on the reel
- slang: [did, said, wrote] it off the reel
- reel [film, tape, footage]
- reeled off the [answers, names, information]
- reel from the [blows, news, shock]
- she reeled back against the [door]
- reel [violently, drunkenly, haphazardly]
- reel out of a [bar, pub, car]
- reeling in [shock, disbelief]
- my [brain, mind, body] reeled
- reeled at the [sight, thought, sound]
- reel in [fish, millions, money]
- reel [fish] in
- the [fence, door, blinds] reeled (in the wind)
'reel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):