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Collocations for blush - noun

ADJECTIVE

crimson, deep
faint, slight

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VERB + blush

hide
She tried to hide her fiery blush.

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blush + VERB

deepen
colour/color sb's cheeks, creep, rise, spread
A deep blush spread from her head to her neck.

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PREPOSITION

with a blush, without a blush
She lowered her eyes with a deep blush.
blush of
a blush of embarrassment

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PHRASES

a blush comes to sb's cheeks, a blush comes to sb's face
bring a blush to sb's cheeks, bring a blush to sb's face
save sb's blushes, spare sb's blushes (= to save sb from an embarrassing situation)

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Collocations for blush - verb

ADVERB

deeply, furiously, hotly, profusely
faintly, a little, slightly
angrily, guiltily
shyly

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VERB + blush

make sb
Stop teasing—you're making him blush.

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PREPOSITION

at
He blushed at the mention of her name.
with
She blushed crimson with embarrassment.

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PHRASES

blush crimson, blush pink, blush red, blush scarlet
Lia blushed a deep shade of red.

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Blush is used with these nouns as the subject:
cheek

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