Collocations for "tall"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tall" in context.
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tall
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- is [five feet] tall
- tall and [skinny, thin]
- is tall with [brown hair, blue eyes]
- is tall for her age
- not tall enough to reach the [shelf, top]
- taller than [me, her mother]
- is too tall (for me)
- it's so tall!
- the [grass, lawn] is getting [too, pretty] tall
- [in, through] the tall grass
- stands taller than [a man, 36 inches, an elephant]
- tall buildings
- the tallest building in [the world, Europe, New York City]
- that is a tall order (to fill)
- don't tell tall [tales, stories]
- (sounds like) a tall story
- should stand tall (and)
- stand tall and (be) proud
- stand tall [in the face of, against]
'tall' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
tell
- both
- bridge
- figure
- foot
- grass
- hill
- jump
- box
- woman
- wall
- tree
- tower
- thing
- story
- shadow
- post
- order
- opposite
- man
- about
- also
- as
- bold
- certainly
- enough
- how
- this
- that
- quite
- more
- least
- lean
- chap
- ladder
- reed
- apex
- attraction
- bent
- hedge
- inch
- oak
- palm
- pancake
- pine
- relatively
- skinny
- blond
- grown
- spruce