Collocations for "penalty"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "penalty" in context.
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penalty
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- received a penalty (for)
- his [third] penalty of the [game, match]
- the penalty cost them the [game]
- [a holding, an offside] penalty
- a game- [changing, ending] penalty
- a [15-yard] penalty
- the referee [blew, whistled] for a penalty
- gave a penalty for [a foul, handball, shoving]
- the goalkeeper [saved, parried, blocked] the penalty
- [scored, missed, skied] the penalty
- a [criminal, civil] penalty
- the death penalty is legal (in)
- am (morally) against the death penalty
- received the death penalty
- was given the [maximum, minimum] penalty (for her crime)
- [can, cannot] withdraw money without a penalty
- pay a withdrawal penalty
- have to pay a penalty to withdraw [money, funds]
- a penalty for [early, anticipated] withdrawal
- [got, received] a parking penalty
- pay a fixed penalty of [$100]
- stiff penalties for [wrongdoers, insider trading, theft]
- a (controversial) penalty call
- a penalty kick
- placed the ball on the penalty spot
- score from a penalty [period, corner]
- fouled in the penalty area
- a (controversial) penalty call
- a penalty kick
- placed the ball on the penalty spot
- score from a penalty [period, corner]
- fouled in the penalty area
'penalty' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assess
- blatant
- center
- controversial
- death
- dive
- drama
- dubious
- dummy
- flag
- fluff
- gift
- goal
- handling
- hefty
- hound
- kick
- line
- louse
- lucky
- mess
- miss
- muck
- post
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- redeem
- restoration
- save
- second
- skew
- slam
- sloppy
- soft
- spot
- stance
- stiff
- suffer
- target
- third
- whistle
- wide