surprise visit

collocation in English

meaningsofsurpriseandvisit

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surprise
noun
uk
/səˈpraɪz/us
/sɚˈpraɪz/
an ...
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visit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɪz.ɪt/us
/ˈvɪz.ɪt/
an occasion when you visit a place ...
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(Definition ofsurpriseandvisitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When he visited these abattoirs was his visit advertised beforehand, or did he make asurprisevisit?
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That may sound as though thesurprisevisitis no surprise at all.
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An occasional visit, and even the possibility of asurprisevisit, will keep a whole neighbourhood in good order for months on end.
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On the other hand, to require the leave of the court as a whole would be an impossibly cumbersome procedure for authorising asurprisevisit.
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It is not, therefore, asurprisevisitin the sense in which it ought to be.
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As nothing was happening in the field, they mounted their horses to pay asurprisevisitto their homes.
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The ladies tell him they were paying asurprisevisitto their nephew and leave.
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The challenge is interrupted when the designers' loved ones make asurprisevisitand work is suspended for the rest of the day.
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Dressel and her manager drove 8-hours to make thesurprisevisit, and spent the day at their home.
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The twins' grandmother arrives for asurprisevisit.
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Furthermore, they are given a secondsurprisevisitby their closed one at the model house.
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When her brother arrives on asurprisevisit, chaos erupts.
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There they received asurprisevisitfrom the ex-roadies but the roadies who were evicted in the first episode were not present.
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Clorinde sings him a birthday song, but he is not pleased by thesurprisevisitnor the suggestion of a birthday supper.
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During thesurprisevisit, the participant is offered a 2000 cheque to buy a whole new wardrobe.
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However, the real prize was asurprisevisitfrom their families.
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A human rights organization pays asurprisevisitto the station.
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Patrick then takes them on asurprisevisitto a special event.
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Deirdre pays asurprisevisitand gets the wrong idea.
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Tracy celebrates her 30th birthday and gets the best present of all - asurprisevisitfrom her mom.
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