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Collocations for badge - noun

ADJECTIVE

name
police (esp. AmE)
merit (esp. AmE)
cap (BrE)
blazer, lapel (both BrE)
button (BrE)

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VERB + badge

wear
display, flash, pull out (esp. AmE)
The police officer flashed his badge.
earn (esp. AmE)
Gates earns a merit badge for his ideas on surviving the recession. (figurative)

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badge + NOUN

holder (= an object for holding a badge)
holder (= a person who has a badge)
parking for disabled badge holders

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PHRASES

a badge of honour/honor (figurative)
His scars are badges of honour/honor.
a badge of office (esp. BrE)
His badge of office, a large gold key, hung around his neck.

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