I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (= a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport )
knee/neck/hip/elbow etc joint
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a permanently damaged knee joint
tennis elbow
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
left
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I try to twist my body so I can jab my left elbow in his face.
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Sit up a little and touch your right elbow on to your left knee and then your left elbow on to your right knee.
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Her left elbow was still stiff since her injury in the air raid and she failed a medical for heavier work.
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Touch your right leg with your left elbow .
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My little chair and table were at the King's left elbow .
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Christine, check your left elbow seal.
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Keep the left elbow on the floor for support.
right
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Reverse as your right elbow touches your left knee, turning to see the left side.
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His primary replacement, Junior Bryant, is questionable with a torn ligament in his right elbow .
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He is clearly a very good golfer, though his flying right elbow looks odd now.
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And, then he developed serious problems with his right elbow .
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He developed stress induced swelling of both knees and the right elbow .
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Pippen started shooting Tuesday for the first time since he underwent surgery on his right elbow Jan. 29.
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With your hands lightly placed at the sides of your head, sit up to touch left knee with right elbow .
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The man who replaced him at New Orleans, Junior Bryant, is questionable with a hyperextended right elbow .
■ NOUN
grease
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I give the pink botty a thorough good scrub, putting in plenty of elbow grease .
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Cleaning Thanks to the availability of steam, cleaning is now a simple task, taking very little effort and no elbow grease .
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Pioneering vision is required, and elbow grease !
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It certainly saved a lot of elbow grease .
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Hopefully, this knowledge will save many householders a great deal of elbow grease !
joint
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The shoulder and elbow joints are built around precision variable resistors and as each joint swivels so the variable resistor turns.
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The large bone of the upper arm was splintered to the elbow joint , and the wound bled freely.
room
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Mr. Illsley Where would Nottinghamshire county council find the elbow room to which the hon. Gentleman referred?
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The little clearing was shielded from the street by the laurels, and afforded him plenty of elbow room .
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Packed three or four to a closet-sized room , students can come to envy the elbow room afforded sardines and cosmonauts.
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The belt provides vast material resources, vast amounts of solar power, and vast elbow room .
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Oh come, you must leave even me a little elbow room in which to breathe.
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Give each elbow room to display its fronds.
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There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.
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A father, said Winnicott, can provide a space in which the woman has elbow room .
tennis
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I have met knitters with bad backs, frozen shoulders, tennis elbows and so on from doing to much knitting at a time.
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The road racer's version of tennis elbow and other physical peculiarities are the downside of this progress.
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Without a tennis elbow support, that is.
■ VERB
bend
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As the patient stands up, he practises bringing the ball back towards him by bending his elbows with good control.
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She couldn't bend her elbow to raise her arms above her head.
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The later stages of arm control involve lifting the hemiplegic arm and controlling it in space while bending and straightening the elbow .
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The ball is so outstretched that Edney can not bend his elbow to use his upper-arm muscles.
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Alternatively, hold a heavy medicine ball in both hands, bend your elbows and thrust it from you.
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As you step-tap on to alternate feet, straighten and bend the left elbow to work the front of the arm.
lean
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But she leant up on her elbow and looked down into his face and knew the truth of it.
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He was lying sprawled across the pillow leaning on his elbow , his head propped to one side, reading the letter.
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Beneath a canvas awning strung between two trees, several guys leaning back on their elbows were passing a small jug.
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Then he sat on the floor beside her, half turned towards her, leaning on one elbow .
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She leant her elbows on the table, clasped her hands lightly and rested her chin on them.
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Inside he twisted round and, leaning his shoulder and elbow against the door, pushed it firmly to.
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The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not lean on thy left elbow , or else.
prop
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Lil, propped up on one elbow , grins at me from under a towelling turban.
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A guy came up on the bow and propped his elbows on the steel ledge to brace his large binoculars.
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Long before dawn, I was propped on an elbow , with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans.
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I prop myself on my elbows .
put
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He put his elbows on his desk and propped his chin in his hands.
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She squats down in front of me and puts her elbows on my knees.
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They never put their elbows on the table, and they sat up straight instead of slouching.
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I give the pink botty a thorough good scrub, putting in plenty of elbow grease.
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He lifts his right arm with his left hand to put his elbow on a table.
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She put her elbows on the desk and her head between her hands.
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He put one elbow on the stage itself and stared straight at John.
raise
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He raised himself on one elbow , and the pain bit him.
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She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face.
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He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet.
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Pull the tummy in and raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards your knees.
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Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts.
rub
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I rubbed my elbow , regarding him thoughtfully.
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There were retro-outfit types rubbing elbows with people wearing the original gear.
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She came back into the kitchen, rubbing her elbow .
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Sun-bleached surfers rub elbows at the bar, and stray toddlers wander through the dining rooms.
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Léonie sat up, rubbing her elbows .
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In some instances, what enticed these donors to open their checkbooks was the chance to rub elbows with the president.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knacker your elbow/hand etc
not know your arse from your elbow
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apply once or twice a week, especially to backs of arms and thighs, your feet, elbows and knees.
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His shot had struck the shoulder joint, and... came out between the shoulder and elbow .
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Lying as shown, raise the elbows, head and shoulders, bringing your chin as close to your chest as possible.
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Most of the Acutes in the dorm. are up on their elbows, blinking and listening.
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Polly said, materializing at my elbow .
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The group has a single tendon insertion below the elbow into the forearm.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
way
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Charlie and I elbowed our way through the crowd.
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Simon was not a Harvard graduate but a Lafayette College dropout who had elbowed his way to the top.
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He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a lager and a ham sandwich.
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But then, in February 1885, a rival railway syndicate elbowed its way in.
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One of the yellow-jacketed policemen elbowed his way to Lawrence's window.
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On Earth, life elbows its way into solid, liquid, gas.
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People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line.
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Furiously he elbowed his way through the crush, his men behind him.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not know your arse from your elbow
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Elbowing me to one side, he took hold of the microphone.
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Craig elbowed me aside roughly.
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Greene had to leave the game after being elbowed in the face.
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She elbowed her way through the crowd.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He picked up Dougal's empty glass and elbowed through the crowd at the bar.
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I elbowed Karen unceremoniously aside and grabbed the paddle.
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One of the yellow-jacketed policemen elbowed his way to Lawrence's window.
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She laughed often; a great sudden masculine sound, jerking her arms as if elbowing the air out of the way.