row

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bottom, middle, top

▪ back, front

▪ first, second, etc.

▪ horizontal, vertical

▪ double, single

▪ neat

▪

She arranged the chairs in two neat rows.

▪ long

▪ endless

▪

endless rows of identical houses

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the row

▪

The children stood in a row.

▪

It rained for five days in a row (= without a break).

▪

We have seats in the front row.

▪ row of

▪

a long row of houses

PHRASES

▪ the end of the row, the middle of the row

▪ rows and rows, row upon row

▪

He looked down at row upon row of eager faces.

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noun (informal, esp. BrE)

ADJECTIVE

▪ almighty, awful, big, bitter, blazing, fearful, ferocious, fierce, flaming, furious, great, huge, major, serious, terrible, tremendous, unholy (BrE), violent

▪

We had a blazing row over who should do the cooking.

▪ domestic, family

▪ stand-up

▪

A couple was having a stand-up row in the street.

▪ public

▪ drunken

▪ long-running

▪ diplomatic, political

VERB + ROW

▪ have

▪ kick up (BrE)

▪

I'm going to kick up a row if I don't get my money back.

▪ cause

▪ get into

ROW + VERB

▪ blow up, break out, develop, erupt

▪

A row blew up over salary increases.

▪ go on, rage, rage on

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the row

▪

He came to prominence in the row over defence policy.

▪ row about, row over

▪

Carol and I had a terrible row about how much money she spends.

▪ row between

▪

a row between the left and right wings of the party

▪ row with

▪

a row with my mother

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verb

Row is used with these nouns as the object: ↑boat, ↑dinghy