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Collocations for drawer - noun

ADJ.

deep, shallow
a desk with two deep drawers either side
open | locked | bottom, middle, top | kitchen | desk, dresser, dressing table | cash, cutlery, filing | secret

VERB + DRAWER

open, pull open/out, slide open
She pulled open the second drawer down to find the money had gone.
close, push in/shut, shut
He pushed the drawer shut with a bang.
reach into
She reached into the drawer and found the key to the safe.
go through, look through, ransack, rummage in/through
What do you think you are doing, rummaging through my drawers?

PREP.

from/out of a/the ~
She took the gun from the drawer.
in a/the ~
He put the letters in the drawer.

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