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handbag
hand‧bag S3 /ˈhændbæɡ/ noun [COUNTABLE] 1. a small bag in which a woman carries money and personal things SYN purse American English
2. handbags informal used humorously to describe a situation in which two people are fighting, but in a way that is so weak or lacking in force that the fight is funny to watch: ▪ Dennis looked like he threw a punch, but it was just handbags.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB leave ▪ In the office if you have to leave your handbag, lock it in a drawer when you go out. ▪ Jane and Gabrielle had been told to leave their handbags outside, and Zack had been frisked. ▪ She had left her handbag on the chair. ▪ I slipped my shoes on and left my handbag by the door, heading for the stairs. open ▪ He opened her handbag, but the address book revealed nothing. ▪ She opened her handbag and removed a compact. ▪ She opened her handbag and rubbed the St Christopher. ▪ While the man stood passively, she opened her handbag, taking out a purse, searching through it. pick ▪ She stood up and squeezed past Ryker, picking up her handbag in the process. ▪ She picked up her handbag, and he rose from behind his desk to take a relieved and ceremonious farewell. ▪ The young woman had picked up her handbag, but hadn't moved apart from that. put ▪ I took off my rings and jewellery and put them in my handbag then lowered myself over the cliff edge. ▪ She had a shopping list in her hand which she put into her handbag when she saw Alice. ▪ Donna rubbed her eyes and got to her feet, picking up the piece of paper and putting it in her handbag. ▪ The Assistant Secretary put a large floppy handbag on the table and took out a small handkerchief. ▪ She opened the car door, put her handbag on the passenger seat and got in. ▪ My girlfriend had put her handbag between her feet under her chair so that no one could pinch it. steal ▪ They also stole her watch, handbag and camera. take ▪ They took her handbag and she was very shaken. ▪ The attackers took only her handbag. ▪ Especially as apparently you'd gone out in a hurry and not taken a handbag. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Grabbed her handbag back, gave me the gargoyle stare, went inside. ▪ She drove three kicks into his shins and smashed her handbag into the side of his head. ▪ She reached down for her handbag on the floor. ▪ She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table. ▪ So Auntie, her umbrella in one hand and her handbag in the other, set out. ▪ The handbag was red and gold, with a dainty gold-link chain. ▪ The diary she dropped back into her handbag. ▪ They took her handbag and she was very shaken.
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