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Collocations for passport - noun

ADJ.

valid | false, forged | EU, Mexican, French, etc. | visitor''s

VERB + PASSPORT

apply for | renew | get, obtain | be in possession of, carry, have, hold, travel on
The police think the smugglers are travelling on Irish passports.
give sb, issue sb (with) | hand sb, produce, show (sb)
You have to show your passport at the border.
surrender
The Embassy made him surrender his passport.
ask for | check | stamp | hand back/over
He examined my face carefully before handing back my passport.
confiscate, seize

PASSPORT + VERB

be valid | expire

PASSPORT + NOUN

number, photo, photograph | holder | Agency, Office | control
We had to queue for ages at passport control.

PREP.

~ into
(figurative) The gold medal is his passport into professional boxing.
~ to
(figurative) Good qualifications are a passport to success.

PHRASES

a full British/French, etc. passport
(= one showing that sb has all the rights of British/French, etc. citizenship)

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