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verb ADV. deeply | a little, slightly | angrily, guiltily, painfully He made his excuses, flushing guiltily. PREP. with He flushed scarlet with embarrassment., noun ADJ. faint, slight | deep, dull, pink, red, scarlet, warm | hectic, sudden a hectic flush of rising excitement | hot Hot drinks can cause sweating and hot flushes in the face and head. VERB + FLUSH feel She felt a dull flush of anger creeping into her face. | bring The promise in his voice brought a warm flush to her cheeks. FLUSH + VERB creep, rise, spread, suffuse sth A flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks. PREP. ~ of There was a faint flush of colour on those pale cheeks. PHRASES (in) the first flush of enthusiasm, passion, youth, etc. (= a time when enthusiasm, etc. is new, exciting and strong)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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flush sth out
[ M ]
to remove something using a sudden flow of water
• Drink a lot of water to flush the toxins out of your system., flush sb out
[ M ]
to do something in order to discover people who have been dishonest
• By cross-checking claims, we will flush out the fraudsters., flush sb/sth out
[ M ]
to force a person or animal to leave a place where they are hiding
• Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels.
• We used a dog to flush the rabbits out.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs