Collocations for "just"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "just" in context.
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just
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- is just enough (for)
- have just enough (for)
- is just for [you, school, the dinner]
- is just for [fun, laughs]
- just for the sake of it
- just in case
- is just right (for)
- just the right [color, size]
- is just not [right, fair, good enough]
- is just an [example, idea]
- is just the beginning (of)
- just another day at [the office, school]
- is just another [liar, jerk]
- is just [lovely, perfect, what I wanted]
- is just [over the hill, down the street, around the corner]
- just over [half]
- just [before, after]
- was just about to [leave, begin]
- I'm just about [finished, done]
- just about [everything, everyone] (has)
- want to be just like you
- just in time!
- [are, made it, arrived] just in time (for)
- just made it in time (for)
- just how much do you want it?
- can [have, take, try] just one
- would [love, die] just to [have, go, see]
- just tell me (the truth)
- just don't have the [time, money, energy] for
- we'll just have to [wait, see]
- just [arrived, left, got back, finished up]
- a just [cause, society, reply]
- without just cause
- a just claim to [land, compensation]
- the [defendant, criminal] received just punishment
'just' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accept
- add
- appeal
- ask
- assume
- best
- bite
- blow
- call
- calm
- choose
- clear
- coast
- compare
- compete
- cope
- cover
- crashed
- cut
- die
- discover
- draw
- ease
- eat
- emphasize
- exist
- finish
- fit
- friend
- fuck
- go
- graduate
- hang
- happen
- have
- hear
- hope
- ignore
- intend
- joke
- lay
- let
- look
- lose
- make
- measure
- might
- miss
- occur
- own