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Collocations for folly - noun

ADJECTIVE

pure, sheer
ultimate
youthful
human
economic, political

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VERB + folly

realize, recognize, see
Suddenly she saw the folly of it all.
demonstrate, expose, show
These facts demonstrate the folly of the policy.
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PHRASES

an act of folly
That would be an act of sheer folly!
the folly of your ways
They have finally seen the folly of their ways.
the height of folly
To sign away his rights to the book would have been the height of folly.
your own folly
She laughed bitterly at her own folly.

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