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noun strange/unusual event FREAK + NOUN accident, result, storm, wave A driver was killed in a freak accident when a cow fell from a bridge. The manager described the 8?0 defeat as a freak result. PREP. ~ of This was no more than a freak of history. PHRASES by some freak of sth By some freak of fate, she won an enormous sum of money. person with a very strong interest in sth ADJ. computer, fitness, health, speed For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car. | control Her dad seems to be a bit of a control freak, always keeping a close watch on what anybody's doing. PHRASES a bit of a freak sb who is considered to be strange VERB + FREAK feel | regard sb as Other students regarded him as a freak. PHRASES a bit of a freak I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.
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