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Collocations for crawl - noun

1. very slow speed

ADJ.

slow

PREP.

at a ~
The traffic was moving at a slow crawl.

VERB + CRAWL

be down to
The traffic on the motorway was down to a crawl.
slow (down) to

2. swimming stroke

Collocations for crawl - verb

ADV.

slowly | about, along, around/round, away, back, fowards, through
We spent an hour crawling around on our hands and knees looking for the key.

VERB + CRAWL

manage to
As night fell, we managed to crawl back to our lines.
start to
Has the baby started to crawl yet?

PREP.

across, along, into, over, out of, under, up
There''s an insect crawling up your leg!

PHRASES

crawl on (your) hands and knees

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