Collocations for "ape"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ape" in context.
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ape
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- the seven great apes
- a species of ape
- have evolved from apes
- apes and [monkeys, humans]
- a [circus, performing, trained] ape
- is as hairy as an ape
- is hairy like an ape
- was [behaving, swinging] like an ape
- stood there mocking [the, an] ape
- ape-like [features, behavior]
- is an ape of a man
- acting no better than an ape
- makes apes of us all
- Come here, you big ape!