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noun ADJ. busy | four-lane, three-lane, etc. | orbital, urban the M25 London orbital motorway VERB + MOTORWAY join | leave, turn off | build MOTORWAY + NOUN driving, traffic | network, system | bridge, junction | service area/station | crash, pile-up Five people have been killed in a motorway pile-up. PREP. along the ~ driving along the motorway | down the ~ He sang as he rattled down the motorway. | off the ~, onto the ~, on the ~, up the ~ | ~ from, ~ to We were on the motorway to London.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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motorway(UK)
verbs
drive on/along/down the motorway
• He was driving along the motorway at a steady sixty miles an hour.
get on/off the motorway
• We got on the motorway near Watford.
join the motorway
(= get on the motorway )
• Traffic will be diverted through Hamilton before joining the motorway.
leave the motorway
• A few miles further on they left the motorway.
turn off the motorway
(= leave the motorway )
• We forgot to turn off the motorway and ended up in London.
adjectives
busy
• The motorway is always busy around Birmingham.
a major motorway
• Two of Britain's major motorways pass through Nottingham.
a six-lane/eight-lane etc motorway
• There are plans to build a new six-lane motorway through the area.
motorway + NOUN
motorway driving
• Is motorway driving included in the driving test?
motorway traffic
• the constant noise of motorway traffic
a motorway crash
• Six people were killed in a motorway crash.
a motorway pile-up
(= when several cars on a motorway crash into each other )
• a news report of a motorway pile-up on the M25
a motorway junction
(= a place where you can join or leave the motorway )
• Their stores are all situated near major motorway junctions.
phrases
a stretch/section of motorway
• This stretch of motorway is always very busy.
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