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Collocations for exile - verb

ADV.

permanently, temporarily | effectively
He was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power.

PREP.

from
The family was exiled from France.
to
He was exiled to Siberia.

Collocations for exile - noun

1. being sent to live in another country

ADJ.

long | permanent | enforced | self-imposed, voluntary | internal
Many spent decades in labour camps or in internal exile.

VERB + EXILE

be driven/forced/sent into | flee into, go into
The king went into exile after the overthrow of his government.
live in
They joined the many other Armenians living in exile.
die in | return from
He still hopes to return from exile one day.

PREP.

in ~
She had spent 40 years in exile.
~ from
Dante died in exile from Florence.

PHRASES

a place of exile

2. person forced to live in another country

ADJ.

political | tax
(= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)

EXILE + VERB

return
A general amnesty was granted, allowing political exiles to return freely.

PHRASES

the recall of exiles, the return of exiles

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