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Collocations for handle - noun

ADJ.

long, short | carrying
The table folds up and comes complete with a carrying handle.
door | knife, fork, pickaxe, etc.

VERB + HANDLE

have | pull, push, try, turn
You have to turn the handle and then pull it towards you. | He tried the handle but the door was locked.

PREP.

on a/the ~
His initials were on the knife handle.

Collocations for handle - verb

1. touch sth with your hands

ADV.

carefully, with care
A label on the crate read: ‘Handle with care’.
carelessly
Garden tools can be hazardous if carelessly handled.
roughly
Many of the prisoners were roughly handled; some were killed.

2. deal with sb/sth

ADV.

competently, efficiently, properly, skilfully, successfully, well
I think you handled that situation very well.
badly | carefully, delicately
This issue may need to be handled carefully.
easily
Her next question was not so easily handled.
routinely
The library routinely handles a wide variety of enquiries.

VERB + HANDLE

be able/unable to, can/could, know how to
This was a problem that I just couldn''t handle. | She knew how to handle publicity.
be designed to, be equipped to
He wasn''t mentally equipped to handle this situation.
learn how to | be easy to | be difficult to, be hard to
Large meetings are notoriously less productive and more difficult to handle.

PREP.

with
She handled the crisis with total assurance.

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