Collocations for "vague"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "vague" in context.
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vague
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a vague [explanation, answer, question, reply, response, message]
- [gave, received, offered] a vague [explanation]
- give vague [information, orders, instructions, promises]
- make vague [allusions, references] to
- bears a vague resemblance to
- gave me a vague [expression, look, stare]
- has a vague understanding of the [situation, subject, topic]
- (only) has a vague [notion, idea] of the [situation]
- stop being so vague!
- is being vague about her [motives, plans, intentions]
- was vague about [where, how, how many, why, what]
- was vague when I [asked, probed, mentioned]
- is being [very, quite, rather, a little] vague about
- is vague on [whether, how, the details]
- the details are vague
- there is only vague interest in the [show, idea]
- a vague rumor [spreading, circulating, going about]
- vague [outlines, figures, shapes] in the [darkness, distance, mist]
'vague' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):