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Collocations for roam - verb

ADVERB

free, freely
The animals were allowed to roam free.
widely
the wild dog's instinct to roam widely
aimlessly
He'd roamed aimlessly for a few hours.
about (esp. BrE), around

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VERB + roam

allow sb/sth to, let sb/sth

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PREPOSITION

about (esp. BrE), around
They're roaming around the countryside.
across
Wild camels roam across the country.
over
Her eyes roamed over him, assessing him.
through
Bears roam through the town at night.

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PHRASES

the freedom to roam, the right to roam (esp. BrE)
Ramblers are calling for the right to roam to be made law.
roam the earth
when dinosaurs roamed the earth

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Roam is used with these nouns as the subject:
dog, eye, gaze, hand, lion

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Roam is used with these nouns as the object:
countryside, earth, hallway, neighbourhood, plain, sea, street

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