Collocations for "squat"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "squat" in context.
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squat
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- was [kneeling, sitting] in a squat
- [knelt] down in a squat to [see, examine, pick up]
- doing squats in the gym
- do squats to strengthen your legs
- does [fifty] squats every [morning, day]
- slang: took a squat in the [woods, forest]
- slang: need to take a squat
- informal: don't know squat about [physics, art]
- informal: doesn't remember squat
- informal: you don't know squat!
- UK: [live in, occupy] a squat
- a squat (heavy) [man, woman, person, individual]
- a squat [building, house, structure]
- has a squat [face, nose, figure, neck]
- gives it a squat [look, appearance, shape]
- [four] squat lions
- squat and ready to [pounce, attack]
- squat down
- squat [in front of, behind]
- squatting on [her haunches, the floor]
- squatting over [the bucket, him]
- slang: squat [in an apartment, under a bridge]
- was in a squat position
- [how, had] to squat pee
- proper squat technique
'squat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):