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Collocations for tube - noun

1. long hollow pipe

ADJ.

fine, narrow, thin | broad | hollow | flexible | closed, sealed | inner
(= in a bicycle tyre)
fluorescent
(= a kind of light)
aluminium, cardboard, copper, glass, metal, plastic, steel | discharge, drainage, suction | test | breathing, feeding, ventilation | capillary, bronchial, Fallopian, neural

PREP.

down a/the ~
pouring the liquid down the tube
in/into a/the ~
I put the poster back into its tube.
through a/the ~
He gave the lamb its food through a tube.
up a ~ 2 the tube
the Underground

ADJ.

London

VERB + TUBE

go on, take, travel by/on

TUBE + NOUN

line, station, ticket, train

PREP.

by ~
I go to work by tube.
on the ~
I bumped into him on the tube.

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