Collocations for "lot"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lot" in context.
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lot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [furniture, art, wine, second-hand, auction house] lots
- US: a [private, public, company, communal] parking lot
- a (used) car lot
- a [2-acre, 3,000 square-foot] building lot
- picked up [an interesting, a cheap, a great] lot at the auction house
- [bought, bagged] a great lot at auction
- the lot [went, sold] for [$1,000]
- [bought, snapped up] the whole lot
- was [auctioned, sold] off in lots
- drew a [poor, good] lot in life
- a [woman's, poor man's] lot is
- (not) [happy, content, satisfied] with their lot
- the [teams, people, recipients] were chosen by lots
- [appreciated, valued, loved] by lots
- the whole lot [went missing, escaped, were injured]
- there was a whole lot of [people, options, cars]
- offensive: that is a whole lot of [sh**, bulls**t]
- that group is a [bad, rotten, spoiled] lot
- a lot of people [go, enjoy, say]
- a lot of times I [go]
- had a lot of fun [at, with, on]
- have (got) a lot to [learn, say]
- is a lot to [take in, remember]
- [cost, save up, earn] a lot of money
- know a lot more [now, about]
- have a lot in common (with)
- got a lot [better, worse, faster]
- need to be a lot [faster, quieter]
- is a lot [more, less] [expensive, difficult]
- [hesitate, panic, laugh, complain] a lot
'lot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
December
- November
- October
- about
- abuse
- action
- adjacent
- advancement
- affection
- age
- air
- ambition
- anticipation
- anxiety
- appeal
- arch
- atmosphere
- attraction
- awful
- beech
- begin
- besides
- better
- birch
- blemish
- blood
- body
- boob
- book
- borrow
- bottle
- brown
- burn
- buzz
- care
- carry
- character
- charity
- charm
- chemistry
- chop
- class
- cleavage
- clout
- common
- competition
- completely
- connection
- consume
- contempt