street brawl

collocation in English

meaningsofstreetandbrawl

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street
noun[C]
uk
/striːt/us
/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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brawl
noun[C]
uk
/brɔːl/us
/brɑːl/
a noisy, rough, ...
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(Definition ofstreetandbrawlfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstreet brawl

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As for the remainder, whatever the offence—for example, the pub fight or thestreetbrawl—the courts thought that they did not deserve long sentences.
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I gave the example of the pub fight or thestreetbrawl.
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It is not just a question of a casualstreetbrawlbut orchestrated violence and intimidation over a sustained period.
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They consisted of a hardcore group who were looking for something more realistic in terms of a no-holds-barredstreetbrawl.
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Dancers come in holding hands and start a choreography during which they mime astreetbrawl.
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The two engage in astreetbrawlwhich quickly gets the attention of the locals, the police (who allow the fight to continue) and the media.
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This kind of protest is from time to time made by members of the public after street brawls.
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For the time being though, his early transgressions were limited to bullying and street brawls.
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The problems include religious-ethnic tension, frequently erupting in street brawls.
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It had only a small police force and a culture of violence that included gang warfare, organized street brawls and wrestling tournaments.
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Busy trafficking arms, also participated in street brawls against socialist groups.
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He is regularly involved in street brawls.
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He was arrested several times for vagrancy, petty theft and street brawls and spent his teen years bouncing in and out of various jails and reformatories.
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