grass verge

collocation in English

meaningsofgrassandverge

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grass
noun
uk
/ɡrɑːs/us
/ɡræs/
a low, green plant that grows naturally over a lot of the earth's surface, having groups of very thin leaves that grow close together in ...
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verge
noun[C]
uk
/vɜːdʒ/us
/vɝːdʒ/
the edge or border ...
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(Definition ofgrassandvergefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I talk to him, by thegrassvergeand the trees.
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Private enterprise can run school bus services, run day nurseries, maintain street lighting, erect bus shelters, organisegrassvergecutting and maintain street signs.
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There is a narrowgrassvergeon the other side of the road, but that can scarcely be called a footpath.
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We were both knocked unconscious, the car landing up on the oppositegrassvergeagainst a tree.
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It does not seem to me that one has a right to drive one's vehicle along thegrassverge.
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It absorbs twelve acres to the mile, providing two 25-foot concrete roads separated by agrassverge.
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On one side there is a wide footpath and on the other side a widegrassverge.
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My information is that thegrassvergeon which the pole was erected is part of the public highway.
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This will be done by reducing thegrassvergeoutside the hard shoulder, on either side of the road, from 10 ft.
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All it did was to put a littlegrassvergebetween the road and the houses; that is all.
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His only mode of escape was to drive on to thegrassvergejust in time to prevent a very serious collision.
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Could not there be agrassvergefor horses?
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Thegrassvergebecame a sorting ground for old car bodies, fridges, and bits of metal.
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It says that, if there is no convenientgrassverge, that is not most people's idea of improved safety.
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In those days one always found that motorists would pull up and take great care when passing riders on thegrassverge.
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Quite recently, without any communication to the inhabitants, the road authority has taken away thatgrassverge.
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If one begins driving a vehicle over thegrassvergeone very soon finds that it is strongly objected to by the local authority or the highway authority.
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Round that curve till recently there was agrassverge, with a ditch in it.
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The children said that it would be helpful if there were continuous pavement that did not end in agrassvergeor hedge because they could then walk to school.
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It has a largegrassverge.
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