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Collocations for haunt - noun

ADJECTIVE

favourite/favorite, old, popular (esp. BrE), regular, usual
tourist (esp. BrE)
The area was a popular tourist haunt.

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VERB + haunt

go back to, return to, revisit (all esp. BrE)
We've been back to some of our old haunts.

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Collocations for haunt - verb

1. appear as a ghost in a place

ADVERB

reputedly (esp. BrE), supposedly
a castle which is reputedly haunted

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VERB + haunt

come back to, return to
He said he would come back to haunt her.
That decision came back to haunt him in later life. (figurative)

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2. be always in your mind

ADVERB

still
the great fear that still haunts her
forever
He will be haunted forever by his failed attempt to rescue the children.

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VERB + haunt

continue to
These visions continued to haunt her for many years.

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Haunt is used with these nouns as the subject:
dream, fear, ghost, nightmare, spectre, word

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Haunt is used with these nouns as the object:
dream, imagination, memory, mind, nightmare

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