"step" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

step verbo

step + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 9
step up one's efforts • step up one's attacks • step up one's campaign • step up pressure • step up one's activities • ...
(2) attack, criticism
Kolokacji: 2
1. step up one's attacks = krok w górę czyjś ataki step up one's attacks
2. step up one's criticism = krok w górę czyjś krytyka step up one's criticism
  • Soon City Hall stepped up its criticism over the way the board was handling the search.
  • But today, leading Democrats stepped up their criticism of the plan.
  • At the same time, Democrats stepped up their criticism of the president.
  • He spoke as civil liberties and privacy groups stepped up their criticism of the administration's legislative package.
  • Foreign governments and international organizations have stepped up their criticism of detainee treatment at Guantánamo.
  • Conservatives, meanwhile, have stepped up their criticism of the governor for allowing spending to grow sharply over the last six years.
  • Republicans have begun to step up their criticism of the President's behavior, after days of relative silence.
  • Major public health organizations today stepped up their criticism of proposals that could give cigarette makers immunity from liability suits.
  • Shortly thereafter, King began stepping up his criticism of the three largest American automakers.
  • European nations stepped up their criticism of the United States today.
verbo + step
Kolokacji: 16
forced to step • try to step • want to step • ask to step • avoid stepping • ...
step + preposición
Kolokacji: 76
step up • step down • step out • step into • step over • step onto • step through • step toward • step around • step across • step behind • ...
step + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 118
step forward • step aside • step inside • step away • step outside • step closer • step carefully • step backward • step quickly • ...

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