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noun small red mark on the skin VERB + SPOT break out in The children all had measles, and had broken out in spots. | scratch, squeeze place/area ADJ. exact, particular, precise | convenient, good, ideal, perfect, right, suitable Take the time to find the right spot to pitch your tent. | beautiful, beauty, idyllic, lovely, pleasant The lake is one of the local beauty spots. | favourite, popular a favourite spot for picnickers | deserted, desolate, isolated, lonely, remote | quiet, secluded | shady, sheltered | sunny | holiday, tourist | picnic | sore, tender | sensitive (often figurative) From his angry reply it was obvious that I had touched a sensitive spot. | vulnerable, weak Check your house for weak spots where a thief could get in. | blind (often figurative) I have a blind spot where jazz is concerned (= I don't understand it). | danger, trouble one of the world's major trouble spots | high, number one/two, etc., top The record quickly reached the number one spot in the charts. | bald He usually wears a hat to hide his bald spot. VERB + SPOT mark On your map, X marks the spot where the race begins. | reach | be frozen/rooted to He stood rooted to the spot, unable to move. PREP. on the ~ The fire brigade was on the spot within minutes. PHRASES an accident black spot, verb ADV. quickly | easily Most of these fossils are too small to be easily spotted. | suddenly | eventually, finally VERB + SPOT be difficult to, be easy to | fail to PHRASES well spotted ‘There's parking space over the far side.’ ‘Well spotted!’
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): spot someone (something)
1. Sl. to give an advantage to someone. • I’ll spot you twenty points. • No need to spot me. I’m the greatest! 2. Sl. to lend someone something. • Can you spot me a few bucks? • I can spot you a whole hundred!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs