Collocations for "skew"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skew" in context.
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skew
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [hanging, positioned, set, placed] on a skew
- a skew toward higher [income, tax, class]
- a higher- [income] skew
- a [sharp, pronounced, positive] skew in variables
- use a skew to [cut, chisel, remove]
- the skew is [sharp, dull]
- the skew needs sharpening
- [sharpen, grind] the skew
- skew the [results, facts, vote, data]
- the [results] skewed [to one side, in her favor]
- the [results] were skewed
- skew off [target, course]
- UK: [cars, trucks, bikes] skewed [across, off] the road
- skew to [benefit, favor, conceal]
- UK: he skewed around in his [seat, chair]
- UK: skewed the [shot, penalty]
- geometry: skew lines
- a skew chisel
- a skew [arch, bridge, structure]
- skew [gearing, distribution, partitions]
- [said, did] something off skew