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                              verb ADV.  strenuously, strongly, vehemently VERB + OBJECT  can/could hardly It was your own idea in the first place, so you can hardly object now. | be entitled to, have a/the right to PREP.  to a petition objecting to the scheme PHRASES  object on the grounds that … I objected on the grounds that it was unkind to the animals.,   noun solid thing  ADJ.  solid | inanimate | everyday, household Her paintings are of ordinary everyday objects. purpose  ADJ.  main, primary, principal | sole My sole object is to get to the bottom of this mystery. OBJECT + NOUN  lesson The plans are an object lesson in how to ruin a city centre. PHRASES  the object of the exercise The object of the exercise is to score as many points as possible.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            Oxford Collocations Dictionary