Collocations for "skating"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skating" in context.
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skate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [left, right] skate
- [in-line, roller, ice] skates
- size [9] skates
- [put on, take off] your skates
- [glide, turn, race] on skates
- got her first pair of skates
- got a new pair of skates for [Christmas, his birthday]
- [an athlete, a child, a boy, a girl] on skates
- [confident, off-balance, elegant] on (his) skates
- UK, slang: get your skates on!
- went fishing for skate
- skate in the [street, Olympics]
- skate on ice
- skate [professionally, elegantly, clumsily]
- learning to skate
- skate to [work, school, the office]
- skate [over, around] the details
'skating' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):