- a bicycle
- I used to ride my bike around the neighbourhood for hours.
- by bike I usually go to work by bike.
- He met her when he took part in a bike ride along the Nile.
- She got on her bike and rode off.
- He was knocked off his bike by a motorcyclist.
- A series of new bike paths wind around the city.
- Hop on your bike and head to town.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsa1- She pedalled her bike up the track.
- We had to push our bikes up the hill.
- We watched the boys on their bikes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dirt
- mountain
- racing
- …
- ride
- get on
- mount
- …
- ride
- race
- tour
- …
- by bike
- on a/the bike
- lean a bike against something
- prop a bike against something
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- a motorcycleTopics Transport by car or lorrya1
Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation.
Idioms
See bike in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryon your bike!
- (British English, informal) a rude way of telling somebody to go away
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