english
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noun luggage: He carried a suitcase on his trip.
Simple Definitions
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(also case) noun ADJ. heavy, light | open | battered His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes. | false-bottomed The money was smuggled out in a false-bottomed suitcase. VERB + SUITCASE cram/stuff/throw sth in/into, pack He stuffed a few clothes in a case, grabbed his wallet and left. Have you packed your case yet? | take sth out of, unpack | close, fasten, shut, snap shut She snapped her suitcase shut and stuck on a label. | open | lift, pick up The suitcase was too heavy to lift. | clutch, hold | carry, drag, heave, hump, lug She heaved her case down from the luggage rack. travellers humping suitcases about | drop, dump, put down | live out of He got fed up of living out of a suitcase and left his job as a sales rep. SUITCASE + VERB be crammed/stuffed with sth, be full of sth, contain sth The suitcase was full of drugs. PREP. in/inside a/the ~
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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see LIVE OUT (OF A SUITCASE).
American Heritage Idioms