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Collocations for "uncle"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "uncle" in context.

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uncle

n

I'm an uncle!
you're going to be an uncle!
meet your uncle!
my favorite uncle
my uncle [John]
have [three] uncles
my aunt and uncle
is my great uncle
staying with my uncle [for a week, this summer]
am staying at my uncle's house [for a week]
has been a [good, supportive] uncle
[brought up, raised] by her aunt and uncle
Uncle Sam wants you to

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'uncle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aunt - courtesy - cuddle - great - inheritance - lap - name - outcast - parent

Forum discussions with the word(s) "uncle" in the title:

– the leader – as Andrey <called Uncle> - English Only forum
'He goes to his uncle's house' or '... to uncle's house' - English Only forum
'Tan't? in Uncle Tom's Cabin - English Only forum
a monkey's uncle - English Only forum
A question about uncle - English Only forum
an uncle of <Mark><Mark's> vs Mark's uncle - English Only forum
anyone signing on the dotted line with the military is guaranteeing Uncle Sam that she will give... - English Only forum
aunt and uncle - English Only forum
aunt and uncle’s anniversary - English Only forum
aunt-in-law/ uncle-in-law - English Only forum
aunt, uncle, cousin - English Only forum
Aunt/Uncle + name vs Aunt/Uncle - English Only forum
auntie for aunt; [ what ] for uncle - English Only forum
Before I …….. (come) to yesterday, I ….. (visit) my uncle - English Only forum
Big uncle, small uncle? - English Only forum
Bob is your uncle - English Only forum
bob's your uncle - English Only forum
Bob's your uncle! - English Only forum
"brevet" uncle - English Only forum
Call any old women a granny? Any men - an uncle? - English Only forum
Capitalization in Dad/Father/Papa/Mom/Mother/Momma/Uncle/ Granny/Madam/Sir - English Only forum
check on my uncle - English Only forum
comma apposition title: novel Uncle Tom's Cabin had been - English Only forum
comma/not before 'who' [relative pronoun]: His uncle <> who lives in Hawaii. - English Only forum
crazy Uncle Tom - English Only forum
crying uncle? - English Only forum
dine at our uncle's (house/home). - English Only forum
Do you call your great-uncle/great-aunt just uncle/aunt? - English Only forum
double possessive [friend of my uncle / friend of my uncle's, etc] - English Only forum
edgy uncle - English Only forum
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