crawl

crawl
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noun
1 very slow speed
ADJECTIVE
▪ slow
PREPOSITION
▪ at a crawl
▪

The traffic was moving at a slow crawl.

VERB + CRAWL
▪ be down to
▪

Westbound traffic was down to a crawl.

▪ slow down to, slow to
2 swimming stroke
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verb
ADVERB
▪ quickly, slowly
▪ about (esp. BrE), along, around, away, back, forward, round (esp. BrE), through
▪

We spent an hour crawling around on our hands and knees looking for the key.

VERB + CRAWL
▪ manage to
▪

As night fell, we managed to crawl back to our lines.

▪ start to
▪

Has the baby started to crawl yet?

PREPOSITION
▪ across, along, into, off, out of, over, under, up
▪

There's an insect crawling up your leg!

PHRASES
▪ crawl on (your) hands and knees
Crawl is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑baby, ↑flesh, ↑fly, ↑insect, ↑ivy, ↑skin, ↑spider, ↑wasp, ↑worm
Crawl is used with these nouns as the object: ↑site

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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