Collocations withdrain
These are words often used in combination withdrain.
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constant drain
They represented a constant drain on the national treasury's financial resources.
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drain cleaner
Eventually fell into a coma after being injected with drain cleaner, but woke up several months later.
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drain hole
He wakes them up by pulling the plug out of a drain hole in the boat.
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enormous drain on
They have all been an enormous drain on the constabulary's reserves and that must be recognised when the funding formula is reviewed.
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financial drain
That means that there is an enormous financial drain and a drain on our resources.
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net drain
If he survives his working years, he is again a net drain on others.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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