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camp
verbs
make/pitch camp
(= put up your tents )
• We made camp in a clearing in the woods.
set up camp
(= put up your tents and arrange the camping place )
• The soldiers set up camp outside the city.
break camp
(= take down your tents ready to move to a new place )
• In the morning it was time to break camp.
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noun in tents/huts ADJ. makeshift, temporary | holiday, summer | base The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain. | transit | gypsy, travellers' | army, military | training VERB + CAMP make, pitch, set up We pitched camp just outside the woods. | break, strike We broke camp early the next morning. | leave CAMP + NOUN fire (also campfire) sitting round the campfire | site (also campsite) PREP. at a/the ~ The children are spending a week at a summer camp. prison, etc. ADJ. concentration, detention, internment, labour, prison, prisoner-of-war | death, extermination | refugee the appalling conditions in the refugee camps PREP. in a/the ~ She spent five years in a labour camp. group with shared beliefs ADJ. hostile, opposing, rebel, rival | ideological, political | armed The region split into two armed camps. VERB + CAMP switch a politician who switches camp when it suits him | divide into, split into PREP. in a/the ~ people in both main political camps PHRASES have a foot in both camps (= show loyalty to two different groups) He can unite the party because he has a foot in both camps.
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