Collocations for "subway"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "subway" in context.
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subway
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the city's subway
- the [New York] subway
- the subway in [Chicago]
- the city doesn't have a subway
- the city has a [great, terrible] subway
- take the subway to [work, school] (every day)
- ride the subway to [work]
- was [mugged, beat up] on the subway
- [a dirty, a clean, a new, an old] subway
- the subway is running late
- got stuck on the subway (this morning)
- [a fast, a slow, a reliable, an unreliable] subway
- the subway is usually [fast]
- walking down to the subway
- walking up from the subway
- am just getting [on, off] the subway
- the subway costs [$2]
- how much is the subway?
- how much does the subway cost?
- is just [four] stops on the subway
- there are delays on the subway
- UK: [take, use] the beach subway (under the road)
- the subway system
- in the subway station
- on the subway platform
- a subway train
- pay the subway fare
- buy subway tokens
'subway' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):