Collocations for "fence"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fence" in context.
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fence
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [wooden, wire, barbed wire, metal] fence
- the [garden, prison, park, stadium] fence
- [an electric, a chain-link, a barbed-wire] fence
- [build, erect, place] a fence
- use a fence to [prevent, separate, keep, protect]
- are separated by a fence
- a house with a white picket fence
- [behind, on the other side of] the fence
- need to paint the fence
- the fence needs painting
- [jumped, leaped, climbed] over the fence (to get his ball)
- [fans, protesters, prisoners] broke [through, down] the fence
- [cut, skinned] my [arm, knee] on the fence
- my shirt [got caught in, was ripped by] the fence
- am still on the fence about [it, going]
- fence your [garden, yard, backyard]
- fence in the [garden, cattle, sheep]
- fence the [garden] in
- fence the boundaries of your land
- fence off [an area, a section]
- fence [an area] off
- [cannot, refuse to] be fenced in
- [accused, suspected, guilty] of fencing stolen goods
- to fence with a [foil, sword]
'fence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
back
- blow
- climb
- crashed
- jump
- lean
- ring
- separate
- surround
- tip
- beyond
- bound
- gap
- grass
- leg
- chicken
- garden
- stake
- split
- post
- pen
- wire
- boundary
- chain
- mesh
- deterrent
- ladder
- leap
- mend
- rail
- scramble
- bicycle
- opening
- pale
- reel
- skid
- vault
- circle
- wired
- wedge
- straddle
- scrape
- rope
- padlock
- leash
- enclose
- deter
- ramble