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Collocations for fringe - noun

1. hair

ADJ.

heavy, thick | light, wispy

VERB + FRINGE

grow | cut, trim
My fringe needs trimming.
brush, push
She kept brushing her fringe off her forehead.

PREP.

from beneath/under your ~
She stared at us from beneath her fringe.
in a ~
She has her hair pulled forward in a fringe.

2. outer edge of a place/group/society, etc.

ADJ.

outer | marginal | eastern, western, etc. | coastal, urban | delinquent, lunatic
the delinquent fringe of the Nationalist Party

VERB + FRINGE

keep to, remain on, stand on
He has always remained on the fringes of mainstream politics.

FRINGE + NOUN

area | group | meeting | theatre, venue
He moved from fringe theatre to mainstream when he was chosen to play a leading role on Broadway.

PREP.

along the ~
the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes
around the ~
new housing around the urban fringe
at the ~
They pitched their tents at the fringe of the open fields.
beyond the ~
Beyond this marginal fringe no agriculture is possible.
on the ~(s)
These people live on the fringes of society.

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