loose brick

collocation in English

meaningsoflooseandbrick

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loose
adjective
uk
/luːs/us
/luːs/
not firmly held or fastened ...
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brick
noun
uk
/brɪk/us
/brɪk/
a rectangular block of hard material used for building walls ...
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(Definition oflooseandbrickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We must find the oneloosebrickand keep at it until we have destroyed the government.
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This filter consisted of successive beds ofloosebrick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water.
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However, she manages to hide some of her earnings behind aloosebrickin her wall.
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Any hidden location could serve, although often a cut-out device is used, such as aloosebrickin a wall, a (cut-out) library book, or a hole in a tree.
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Merle eventually finishes the fire pit, which is far too shallow and surrounded by one layer ofloosebrick, and the flower bed is quickly finished.
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These sites have loose bricks, and so on, lying around, and they are used for vandalism by the children.
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In some respects, it is more like a pile of loose bricks.
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Students took up construction materials, including loose bricks, metal conduit pipes, and a bulldozer to attack federal officers.
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It also had loose bricks to further brick up the tunnel access once the six men had been sealed inside the cave.
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A section of the floor near the entrance had been prepared with layers of loose bricks to facilitate burial should any of the men die during their confinement.
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