Collocations for "trapped"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "trapped" in context.
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trap
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [clever, sophisticated, simple, sneaky, cunning] trap
- a [mouse, rat, bear, humane] trap
- a trap to catch [mice, criminals, fraudsters]
- caught by a speed trap
- [steer, herd, lead] people into a trap
- [lay, make, place, position, set] a trap
- the [police, detective, fugitive, criminal, suspect] laid a trap
- get [caught, snared, stuck] in a trap
- [fell, walked] (right) into my trap
- [caught, stuck] in the lint trap
- the [greyhounds, dogs, horses] came out of their traps
- [watch out, be careful], it's a trap!
- [watch out], it might be a trap
- keep your trap shut!
- shut your trap!
- a trap [door, mechanism]
- trap a [rabbit, deer, suspect, burglar, killer]
- the police trapped [him, the criminal]
- the hunters trapped (and killed) the [rabbit]
- trapped the [spider, mouse, bug] under a [cup, mug, glass]
- trapped (me) into [doing, helping, volunteering]
- trapped him in the [building, corner]
- trap the heat from
'trapped' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):