"yank" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

yank verbo

yank + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
yank one's hand • yank one's head • yank one's arm • yank one's chain • yank a gun • ...
verbo + yank
Kolokacji: 3
start yanking • begin yanking • keep yanking
yank + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
yank out • yank off • yank up • yank down • yank on • ...
yank + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 16
yank hard • yank away • yank open • yank free • suddenly yank • ...
(1) hard, quickly, roughly
Kolokacji: 3
(2) away, aside
Kolokacji: 2
(3) open, free
Kolokacji: 2
(5) backward, forward
Kolokacji: 2
1. yank backward = szarpnięcie do tyłu yank backward
  • He saw a hitchhiker jump up in the air, as though being yanked backward.
  • She begins to yank backward, trying to free herself, still holding on to her snack.
  • She starts yanking backward again, trying to free herself.
  • It came fast, too, but the man, strongly braced, yanked backward.
  • He felt himself yanked backward, his arms pinned behind him.
  • Both boys were yanked backward as the woman reined in their leashes.
  • Why was he not yanked backward and forward in a sickening fashion?
  • The Paladin was yanked violently backward and pulled from his horse.
  • Each grabbed an elbow, or a shoulder, and yanked backward.
  • It's actually the General's feet the ivy takes, wrapping a loose green fist around both and yanking backward.
2. yank forward = szarpnięcie do przodu yank forward
(6) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2

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