Collocations for "trace"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "trace" in context.
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trace
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- trace [an image, a picture, the outline]
- trace [the image] onto [paper, canvas, a notepad, the screen]
- trace a [vehicle, car, van]
- the [vehicle, call] was traced by the [police, FBI, agents]
- trace a [vehicle] back to [them, a company, the robber]
- trace back [to, over, through the records]
- trace [his movements, their transfers]
- [their transfers] were traced
- the [call, number] cannot be traced
- trace the [reason, reasons, cause]
- trace the [reason] for the [disease, failure, crime]
- the [cause, phenomenon, story] traces back [hundreds of years]
- [disappeared, left] without a trace
- without a trace of [reluctance, regret]
- there is no trace of [him, the robber, the murderer]
- remove all traces of
- didn't leave a trace
- his blood contained traces of [THC, opiates]
- [detected, found] traces of [opiates]
- carry out a [telephone, vehicle] trace
- followed the [bear's, animal's] traces
- traces of a once-great [nation, empire]
- a trace of [sadness, remorse, jealousy] on her face
- the traces on the [polygraph, seismograph]
'trace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):