400 Common Collocation Words List

400 Common Collocation Words List

Collocations With GET
get a callget a joke
get a ticketget a letter
get a coldget a shock
get a darkget a clue
get a tanget a job
get out of breathget drunk
get startedget fired
get coolget pregnant
get hungryget one’s hair cut
get togetherget a right
get dressedget upsed
get divorcedget changed
haveget ready forget the impression
get into troubleget wet
get goodget worried
get a chanceget lost
get permissionget stuck
get a degreeget to sleep
get homeget married
get nowhere

 

Collocations With DO
do businessdo nothing
do the cookingdo the housework
do the shoppingdo your best
do your hairdo home work
do damagedo laundry
do the dishesdo harm
do gooddo the exam
do anythingdo a good job
do your choresdo everything
do sportdo well
do the ironingdo the cleaning
do badlydo business
do exercisesdo a job
do an interviewdo  your make-up
do researchdo the dishes
do an operationdo work
do the math do the maximum
do a favourdo a deal
do cleaningdo account
do a drawingdo friends
Collocations With TAKE
take part in sth.take time
take a looktake a bath
take a showertake a break
take a chancetake a picture
take a seattake notes
take caretake a break
take classtake a rest
take a taxitake an exam
take care oftake your time
take a decisiontake a bite
take a bowtake advice
take a hiketake a risk
take a surveytake the bus
take medicinetake a trip
take parttake lessons
take my placetake a long time
take effecttake cover
take it seriouslytake a vacation
take it aparttake heart
take a coursetake a sit
Collocations With HAVE
have a showerhave a bath
have a washhave a scrub
have a resthave a break
have a naphave a snooze
have a lie downhave a dream
have a holidayhave a day off
have a partyhave fun
have a haircuthave a shave
have a chathave a decision
have a conversationhave a talk
have an argumenthave a dispute
have a fight have a quarrel
have a lecturehave a walk
have a joghave a run
have a swimhave a stretch
have a gamehave a dance
have a drillhave a lesson
have a thinkhave a meal
have luncha snack
have a coffeehave a sweet
Collocations With GO
go homego downtown
go abroadgo North
go Southgo party
go cinemago bank
go a hikego a drink
go a coffeego a meal
go a restgo a nap
go a ridego a drive
go a swimgo a walk
go a rungo doctor’s
go mountainsgo beach
go lakego port
go airportgo supermarket
go a safarigo an adventure
go a cruisego a trip
go holidaygo meeting
go conferencego gig
go concertgo Asia
go Europego prison
go universitygo college
Collocations With MAKE
make an appointmentmake a fortune
make chargemake money
make an effortsmake friends
make a decisionmake fun of sby
make breakfastmake love
make lunchmake a mess
make dinnermake a mistake
make a choicemake a noise
make an exceptionmake a sound
make an excusemake a phone call
make plansmake a mistake
make progressmake a profit
make the bedmake a suggestion
make a wishmake an attempt
make a pointmake an offer
make a requestmake a mistake
make changesmake furniture
make paymentmake room
make clearmake trouble
make an excusemake a cake
Collocations With BREAK
break a bonebreak a code
break a habitbreak a law
break downbreak the news to someone
break a promisebreak a record
break a windowbreak ground
break new groundbreak someone’s heart
break the icebreak one’s fall
break a legbreak even
break loosebreak from tradition
break the rulesbreak the silence
break the spellbreak free
break upbreak the ice
Collocations With SAVE
save electricitysave energy
save moneysave someone the trouble
save a penaltysave space
save timesave yourself the trouble
save livessave someone a seat
save a shortsave the environment
save somethingsave someone’s life
save one’s strengthsave something to a disk
Collocations With PAY
pay a billpay a fine
pay a visitpay someone a visit
pay attentionpay interest
pay the pricepay someone a compliment
pay cashpay handsomely
pay wellpay one’s respects
pay someone backpay for something
gross paypay by credit card
Collocations With KEEP
keep a secretkeep a promise
keep a diarykeep a journal
keep the changekeep score
keep your balancekeep someone in check
keep an appointmentkeep away
keep pacekeep calm
keep controlkeep the quite
keep recordskeep animals
keep someone’s keeperkeep up the good work
keep in touchkeep track of
keep tabs onkeep in mind
keep sth to yourselfkeep sth at bay
keep someonekeep someone’s place
keep someone postedkeep it up
keep it downkeep up
keep your jobkeep safe
keep someone companykeep sth on the down low
keep someone’s distance
Collocations With CATCH
catch a ballcatch a bus
catch a coldcatch a chill
catch someone by surprisecatch someone off guard
catch some rayscatch a whiff
catch the fluecatch a glimpse
catch someone at a bad timecatch someone’s attention
catch sight of sthcatch someone’s eye
catch a thiefcatch a train
catch someone red-bandedgood catch
catch (on) firecatch you later
catch your breathcatch the news
catch someone in the artplay catch
Collocations With TIME
spend timewaste time
make time forsave time
free timehave a hard time
have timetake your time
on timejust in time
take time offrun out of time
stall for timepass the time
leisure timespare time
take your timethis/the same time tomorrow
to tell timeto keep time
precious timeset time
kill timehave a great time
Collocations With TELL
tell a lietell a story
tell a secrettell a joke
tell the truthtell the difference
tell the timetell somebody the way
tell somebody one’s nametell your name
tell the futuretell one from another
Collocations With ASK
ask a favourask a question
ask aboutask card
ask overask like
ask timeask music
ask alongask somebody out
ask if/whetherask one’s opinion
Collocations With SAY
say goodbyesay hello
say nothingsay sorry
say somethingsay a prayer
say yes/nosay thank you
say no moresay a word
say a few wordssay for certain/sure
Collocations With PLAY
play gameplay role
play partplay card
play basketballplay rugby
play hockeyplay over
play likeplay time
play musicplay baseball
play chessplay snooker
play alongplay well
play trickplay other
play tennisplay cricket
play squashplay little
play againplay football
play volleyballplay golf
play board gamesplay badminton
Collocations With GROW
grow upgrow up on something
grow hairgrow a bread
grow oldergrow a moustache
grow wisergrow stronger
grow fruitgrow a tree
grow 2 inchesgrow vegetables
grow out of somethinggrow together
grow leisure timegrow well
grow quicklygrow 4 centimetres
grow slowlygrow out
begin to growgrow wheat
grow wisergrow tired of something
Collocations With LOVE
love lifeloved one
fall in lovelove song
love affairfirst love
true loveyoung love
love letterlove poem
Collocations With GIVE
give a callgive a chance
give a damngive a hand
give a choicegive a headache
give a huggive a kiss
give a ringgive a description
give a liftgive a lecture
give a speechgive a performance
give a ridegive an advice
give an answergive an example
give an ideagive a buzz
give a quessgive a trip
give an opiniongive birth
give creditgive evidence
give noticegive permission
give prioritygive rise to
give informationgive a lead
give lessonsgive the impression
give thought (to)give hope
give waygive somebody a call
give somebody a chancegive somebody a lift
give somebody a gogive news
give an explanationgive help
Collocations With CARRY
carry passangerscarry the victory
carry offcarry cargo
carry babycarry out
carry viruscarry on
carry over
Collocations With LOSE
lose weightlose money
lose the waylose one’s mind
lose the matchlose a game
lose a bestlose one’s temper
lose somethinglose consciousness
lose one’s somethinglose a family member