Collocations for "some"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "some" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
some
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [have, want] some [pie, food, more]
- can I have some [help, advice, more]?
- [talked, drove, ate] for some time
- need to spend some time [alone, with my family]
- that was some [storm, argument, show]
- [it's, it must be] some kind of
- for some reason (or another)
- yes, to some extent
- have to [leave, begin, try] at some point
- some days I just want to [stay home, quit]
- some things never change
- some people have all the luck
- some [500] were [in attendance, present]
- some [reward, vacation, birthday]!
- some [dancer, partner, skater] you are!
- some [reward], huh?
- some chance!
- you've got some [nerve, balls, cheek]
- some battles are not worth fighting
- have known each other for some [time, years]
- have known for some time (that)
'some' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dutch
- ID
- SOB
- able
- above
- acceptable
- acquaintance
- advice
- advocate
- ago
- air
- alike
- alive
- allow
- always
- amateur
- announcement
- annoying
- anxious
- appropriate
- arcade
- arrangement
- art
- articulate
- aside
- assembly
- assistance
- attend
- attractive
- attribute
- awkward
- backbone
- balcony
- banter
- basement
- basketball
- bastard
- beach
- beggar
- belief
- believe
- benefit
- bin
- blank
- bloke
- blow
- blueprint
- blunt
- bonding
- boring