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Collocations for spare - verb

1. make sth available

ADVERB

barely, hardly
She hardly spared him a second glance.

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VERB + spare

can, could
Can you spare a second to give me a hand?

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PREPOSITION

for
Can you spare some money for the homeless?

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PHRASES

to spare
Have you any money to spare?
We should get there with half an hour to spare.

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2. allow sb/sth not to be harmed

ADVERB

largely
The storm largely spared Houston and surrounding districts.
mercifully

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PREPOSITION

from
The children were spared from the virus.

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Spare is used with these nouns as the object:
detail, embarrassment, feeling, life, minute, misery, moment, necessity, pain, thought

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Collocations for spare - adj.

Spare is used with these nouns:
battery, bedroom, capacity, cash, clip, copy, key, minute, moment, part, room, seat, time, tyre, wheel

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