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Collocations for prescribe - verb

1. drugs

ADV.

legally
The drug can no longer be legally prescribed.
medically, medicinally

PREP.

for
drugs prescribed for high blood pressure This drug is often prescribed for women with heart trouble.

2. what should/should not be done

ADV.

narrowly, rigidly, strictly, tightly
The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. | Everything about her life was strictly prescribed (= there were strict rules about what she could and could not do).

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