Collocations for "walled"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "walled" in context.
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wall
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- a [brick, stone] wall
- a [dividing, partition, separating] wall
- a [10-foot, tall, thick, solid, impregnable, crumbling] wall
- a [red, black, yellow] wall
- [Hadrian's, The Wailing, The Berlin, The Great] Wall
- a wall made of [bricks]
- paint the walls [red]
- [jumped, climbed, leaped] (over) the wall
- [crashed into, hit, destroyed] the wall
- [tear, bring] down the walls that [separate, keep]
- [destroy, knock down] the [dividing] wall
- the wall came [crumbling, falling] down
- walk [around, along, by] the wall
- leaned [on, against] the wall
- [fell, jumped] off the wall (and)
- a [crack, gap, hole, loose brick] in the wall
- [stuck, nailed, glued] to the wall
- [blood, stains, water] on the walls
- a wall of [fog, smoke, sound, police, troops]
- a wall of silence
- the wall of [fame, shame]
- hang a [picture, frame, painting] on the wall
- take a [picture] off the wall
- plugs in at the wall
- [switch, turn] it off at the wall
- the [company, business, start-up] went to the wall
- your [moaning, complaining, whining] is driving me up the wall!
- the [news, present] had her climbing the walls!
- had their backs (up) against the wall
- would love to be a fly on a wall (in that meeting)
- wall [sockets, plugs, hangings, decorations]
- wall-to-wall [carpet, carpeting, flooring]
- is a little off-the-wall
- is an off-the-wall [idea, proposition]
- wall the [town, fortress]
- wall off the [area, crime scene, garden]
- walled to [protect, defend, mark off]
- walled with [stone, wood, brick]
- walled in the [prisoners, detainees]
- wall out the [predators, robbers]
- wall up a [hole, gap]
'walled' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):