Collocations for "temp"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "temp" in context.
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temp
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- hire a temp (for)
- has been (working as) a temp for [five years]
- has been hired as a temp
- the company has [twenty-five] temps
- working as an [office, admin] temp
- [hired, sourced] temps through an agency
- do you know what the temp is outside?
- the [oven, engine] temp
- the temp is too [high, low]
- [increase, decrease, adjust] the temp
- turn the temp [up, down]
- informal: temping for [a company, an agency, a store]
- informal: temping at a [company]
- informal: temping with a [company]
- informal: temping in [London]
- informal: began temping in [July 2015]
- a temp [worker, secretary, job, agency]
- a [part, full] -time temp worker