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Collocations for stall - noun

1. where things are sold

→ See also stand

ADJECTIVE

market, roadside (esp. BrE)
bric-a-brac, cake, charity, fish, flower (all esp. BrE)
book (usually bookstall)

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VERB + stall

have
He has a flower stall in the market.
put up (BrE), set out, set up
pack up (esp. BrE)
man, run
Who's going to man the stall at lunchtime?

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stall + VERB

sell sth
a stall selling second-hand books

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stall + NOUN

holder (usually stallholder), keeper (AmE)

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PREPOSITION

at a/the stall
I bought this trout at the market fish stall.
behind the stall
the man behind the stall

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2. small room/space

ADJECTIVE

empty
bathroom, shower, toilet (all esp. AmE)
choir, horse
starting (esp. BrE)
The horse refused to enter the starting stalls.

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VERB + stall

clean, muck, muck out
We had to muck out stalls and groom the horses.

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stall + NOUN

door

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Collocations for stall - verb

ADVERB

effectively
Discussions were effectively stalled by the union's refusal to participate.

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PHRASES

be currently stalled, be temporarily stalled
The peace process is currently stalled.
stall for time
He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, stalling for time.

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Stall is used with these nouns as the subject:
car, engine, progress, talk

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