Collocations for "tab"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tab" in context.
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tab
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- write the [name, label, date] on the tab
- mark the page with a tab
- the page was marked with a (yellow) tab
- open a new tab (in your browser)
- have too many tabs open
- have it open in [a different, another] tab
- switch to [a different] tab
- to open a new tab
- cycle through your open tabs
- closed the tab
- close all tabs?
- are about to close multiple tabs
- broke the tab off the can
- collect soda tabs
- pull the tabs on the [collar, jacket, life vest]
- picked up the [meal, bar] tab
- is keeping tabs on [the money, spending]
- are keeping tabs on his [activities, movements]
- tab to the [right, left]
- tab through the [options, cells]
- tabbed him as [the, our] (next) [CEO, head coach]
- tabbed him to be the (next) [CEO]
- tab the [book, page, article, files]
- [press, hit] the tab key
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