Collocations for "tilt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tilt" in context.
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tilt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the tilt of the [table, floor]
- the [table] is at a [slight, small] tilt
- the [ball, water] followed the tilt
- is sitting at a tilt
- [fix, level] the tilt (of)
- the angle of the tilt
- has a tilt of [twelve degrees]
- a [twelve-degree] tilt
- the [tree, column] has a (slight) tilt
- adjust the tilt (to)
- change the adjustable tilt
- [answered, responded] with a tilt of the head
- smooth (camera) pans and tilts
- the team's tilt at the [league, championship]
- idiom: [go, drive, run] at full tilt
- idiom: was [going] at full tilt
- tilt (it) [up, forward, to the left]
- tilt the [TV, camera, painting] up
- tilt it back against the [wall, house]
- tilt it toward [the back, the wall, me]
- the [truck, boat, frame] tilted at [45 degrees, an angle]
- the [truck] tilted [slightly, over]
- tilted her head (to one side, to the side)
- [options, the chances, probability] tilted in his favor
'tilt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):