passing car

collocation in English

meaningsofpassingandcar

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passing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpɑː.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪŋ/
moving ...
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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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(Definition ofpassingandcarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Everypassingcarraised a miniature dust storm.
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The registration number of eachpassingcaris mentally logged.
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That is not the noise profile of apassingcaror lorry or of continuous traffic from a highway scheme.
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He even struck apassingcar, barely missing another child.
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The duty to clear will apply whether litter is exposed by grass or tree cutting, or whether it is thrown from apassingcar.
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The signs were redesigned in 194546 to make them easier to read from apassingcar.
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They manage to flag down apassingcar, whose occupants promise to notify the authorities.
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Apassingcarspins them both around, the hats fly off, and the chase resumes.
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He was to stop, wave down apassingcar, ask the occupants to ring for an ambulance, and wait with the injured party until an ambulance arrived.
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Testing can be random if everypassingcaris stopped for the obvious reason that no-one knows into which category the driver of that vehicle may fall.
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He waves down apassingcarand tells them he was running past and saw a kid jump.
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He ran off when he saw the lights of apassingcar, leaving his victim requiring brain surgery.
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The driver of apassingcarwitnessed the attack and hit one of the dogs with the car.
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One day, a fight broke out between men putting up loyalist paramilitary flags and the occupants of apassingcar.
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Toad subsequently flags down apassingcar, which happens to be the very one which he stole earlier.
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A piece of debris from the aircraft struck apassingcar, causing minor injuries to one of its occupants.
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Trying to flag down apassingcarfor help, she was mistaken as a hitchhiker, and died by the roadside.
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The fiberglass steeple of the church fell onto apassingcarduring a severe thunderstorm in 2009.
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A nine-year-old incurred a pellet injury to the back of her right ankle after a boy fired a pellet at her from apassingcar.
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Ultimately, he had to flag down apassingcarand ask the driver (who was driving a borrowed car without a license) to take him to the ceremony.
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The fifty passengers on board and five people in apassingcarwere fortunate to avoid collision when the train passed through the crossing at around 80 miles per hour.
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