Collocations for "spit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spit" in context.
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spit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- spit on [her shoes, his grave, it, her]
- spit at him
- spit in his face
- spit into [your hands, a handkerchief, his face]
- spit out [the seeds, his words, the answer]
- spit [the seeds] out
- the [answers, words, confession] came spitting out
- [the baby, the drunkard, she] was spitting up
- the [patient, soldier] was spitting up blood
- spit it out!
- stop spitting!
- the [oil, engine, fire] was spitting
- the rain was spitting (down)
- it's spitting outside
- got spit in my face
- got spit on my [shoe, pants]
- cleaned his [shoes] with spit
- a bit of spit and polish
- spit was trickling [down, from]
- a bubble of spit
- cooked the meat over the fire on a spit
- [turned, rotated] the spit
- the meat [cooked, crackled, roasted] on the spit
- spit on [him, the ground, her grave]
- spit out [your gum, his food]
- spit [your gum] out
- spit in [his face, the pool]
- spit at [him, the politician]
- spit back at him
- the baby spit up
- spit up [blood, phlegm]
- spit [blood] up
- figurative: (come on,) spit it out!
- idiom: spitting into the wind
- it's (just) spitting
- a spit bubble
'spit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):