Synonym: join, pair, team. Similar words: a couple of, coup, soup, do up, go up, group, plea, plead. Meaning: ['kʌpl] n. 1. a small indefinite number 2. a pair of people who live together 3. a pair who associate with one another 4. two items of the same kind 5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines. v. 1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together 2. link together 3. form a pair or pairs 4. make love.
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181. His car was wrecked by a couple of young tearaways.
182. Within a couple of months I'd splurged about £2,500 on clothes.
183. The drama group did a sketch about a couple buying a new car.
184. Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean.
185. Why don't you think it over and give me a call in a couple of days?
186. A couple of tanks convoyed the trucks across the border.
187. I made a couple of minor changes to my opening paragraph.
188. The couple resolved their differences and made an effort to get along.
189. I slapped his face a couple of times to try to bring him round.
190. Can you lend me a couple of dollars? I'm a little short.
191. Fire and police crews rushed to the scene, but the couple were already dead.
192. Take a couple of these pills last thing at night to help you sleep.
193. The film begins with a young couple, who're just about to get married.
194. Could you lend me a couple of pounds, by any chance?
195. The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.
196. A couple of years in the army should make a man of him.
197. She'd had a couple of glasses of champagne and was starting to feel light-headed.
198. The couple were married by the Archbishop of Canterbury .
199. I was invited over by the newly wedded couple for a meal.
200. He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.
201. Another couple of weeks and the holidays will be upon us.
202. I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
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204. Today's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child.
205. A couple of old codgers were sitting on the park bench, grumbling about the children.
206. I don't mind giving up a couple of hours a week to deal with correspondence.
207. The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
208. A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.
209. As far as I am aware, they are a happily married couple.
210. Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.