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Collocations for subway - noun

1. (AmE) underground train system

→ See also underground

ADJECTIVE

crowded

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VERB + subway

ride, take, use
get on, hop on
get off

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subway + NOUN

car, train
platform, tunnel
station, stop
line, system
token
map
ride
Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house.
rider
During the blackout, subway riders were stranded and unable to get home.

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PREPOSITION

in the subway
rush hour in the subway
on the subway
I've never been on the subway.

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2. (BrE) path under a road

ADJECTIVE

pedestrian

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PREPOSITION

along a/the subway, in a/the subway, through a/the subway
He ran through the pedestrian subway.

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