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Collocations for bug - noun

1. infectious illness

ADJECTIVE

nasty
flu, stomach, tummy

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VERB + bug

have
catch, come down with, get, pick up

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bug + VERB

go around, go round (esp. BrE)
A stomach bug has been going around at school.
strike sb down (BrE)

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PREPOSITION

with a/the bug
He's off work with a flu bug.

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2. sudden interest in sth

VERB + bug

be bitten by, catch, get
She's been bitten by the travel bug.

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bug + VERB

bite (sb)

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3. sth wrong in a system/machine

ADJECTIVE

minor
annoying
computer, software

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VERB + bug

discover, find
fix

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PREPOSITION

bug in
a bug in the software

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Collocations for bug - verb

Bug is used with these nouns as the object:
phone, telephone

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