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Collocations for swim - noun

ADJECTIVE

evening, morning, regular
long, quick
How about a quick swim before breakfast?
nice

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VERB + swim

go for, have, take (esp. AmE)
She got up early and went for a swim.

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swim + NOUN

suit (usually swimsuit), trunks (AmE)
coach, team (both AmE)
meet, practice (both AmE)

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PREPOSITION

for a swim
Are you joining us for a swim?

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Collocations for swim - verb

ADVERB

strongly, vigorously
A beaver swam vigorously upstream.
well
He can't swim well.
quickly, rapidly
slowly
underwater
out
ashore, back
Exhausted, they swam ashore.
away, off
downstream, upstream
around

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VERB + swim

can, know how to
learn (how) to
teach sb (how) to

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PREPOSITION

across
to swim across the river
in
to swim in the sea
to
We swam out to the boat.
towards/toward
She swam back towards/toward the shore.

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PHRASES

go swimming

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Swim is used with these nouns as the subject:
duck, fish, salmon, sense, swan, vision, whale

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Swim is used with these nouns as the object:
distance, lap, length, mile, relay, river, stroke

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