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Collocations for clothes - noun

ADJECTIVE

beautiful, elegant, fancy, fine, lovely, nice, pretty
cheap, expensive
new, old
dry, wet
clean, fresh
dirty, filthy, soiled
dishevelled/disheveled, ragged, ripped, shabby, tattered, torn
crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE), wrinkled
skimpy, tight
baggy, ill-fitting, loose
designer, fashionable, trendy
old-fashioned
second-hand
comfortable, sensible
best, evening, formal, smart (esp. BrE)
He wore his best clothes to the interview.
casual, everyday, normal, ordinary, regular (AmE)
outrageous, strange
warm
summer, winter
outdoor
baby, maternity, mourning, night, riding, school, sports, work, working
outer
civilian, plain
an officer in plain clothes (= not in uniform)

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… OF CLOTHES

set, suit
I'm going to take a set of clean clothes with me.
a new suit of clothes for the baby

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VERB + clothes

pull on, put (back) on
remove, shed, strip off, take off, tear off
change
Aren't you going to change your clothes for the party?
make, sew (esp. AmE)
dry, fold, iron, mend (esp. BrE), put away, wash
pack, unpack
choose, pick out (esp. AmE)
borrow

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clothes + NOUN

shop (esp. BrE), store (AmE)
designer
dryer, washer (both AmE)
hanger
line (usually clothesline), peg (esp. BrE), pin (usually clothespin)
basket, hamper (AmE)

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PREPOSITION

in clothes
She didn't recognize him in his everyday clothes.

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PHRASES

a change of clothes

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