Collocations for "rudder"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rudder" in context.
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rudder
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [ship's, boat's, yacht's, plane's] rudder
- the [ship] lost its rudder
- [slam, turn, pilot, control] the rudder
- use the rudder to [steer, control, get, maintain]
- rudders that help [steer, turn]
- something got [trapped, caught, stuck] in the rudder
- a [bird, fish] caught in the rudder
- the rudder was [damaged, wrecked, jammed]