english
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see LAST-DITCH EFFORT.
American Heritage Idioms
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ditch
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + ditch
deep/shallow
• The car had become stuck in a deep ditch.
a drainage ditch
(= for water to drain away into )
• They were digging a drainage ditch.
an irrigation ditch
(= taking water to fields, crops etc )
• The fields were separated by irrigation ditches.
an open ditch
(= not covered )
• The horse had to jump over an open ditch.
a roadside ditch
(= along the edge of a road )
• His clothes were found in a roadside ditch.
verbs
dig a ditch
• Ditches were dug to prevent the river from flooding.
a ditch runs along/down etc something
• A muddy ditch ran along the side of the field.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. deep, wide | shallow, small | open The drainage system consisted of a few open ditches to facilitate run-off. | muddy | drainage, irrigation | roadside VERB + DITCH dig DITCH + VERB run The ditch ran parallel to the road. | surround sth His lettuce garden was surrounded by a deep ditch. PREP. in/into a ~ I tripped and fell into a muddy ditch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
gutter:
There was water in the ditch.
Simple Definitions