hobble

Object

• horse: He hobbled the horses and searched through his pack, pulling out a small clay pot wrapped in cloth.
• round: Now, as I hobble round on my crutches, I have plenty of time to reflect on a brilliant week in Scotland.
• home: Heading for another good score on the night navigation I went over on my foot 3km from Base and had to hobble home.

Preposition: on

• crutch: According to reports, Hulk Hogan was spotted hobbling on crutches at a party in Miami that his daughter Brooke was signing at.

Modifying Another Word

• about: You'd be hobbling about on a stick by the time you were forty.
• away: Neville at least managed to hobble away without the aid of a stretcher.
• back: At the same time the old man hobbled back into the house.
• still: Sub for Arsenal: Lauren on for Cygan, not Eboue, who is still hobbling.
• eventually: Jensen was given chance to recover but eventually hobbled off to be replaced by Jason Euell.
• then: I slip twice in Niederau going to the shops exacerbating my ankle, and then hobble back to the hotel.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: I spend the rest of our time at Brunel Manor hobbling around with a walking stick.
• along: I then carried on on my own, hobbling along somewhat painfully with my walking poles.
• off: Having had a moments calming stop, we hobbled off to nuns cross, where we camped down for the night.
• out: I crawled to the refreshment tent, got changed as best as I could, and hobbled out to get a few photos.
• up: Kevin ran off, followed by Wejdy and Helen hobbled up after them - too full to run!
• down: Tuesday 15 August I hobble down to the swimming pool before breakfast, but nobody else comes, so I can't swim.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: In the pole vault, injury stricken Kirsty Maguire hobbled down the runway from eight strides to clear 3.30m and gain valuable points.
• off: He finished up hobbling off the pitch, with all of us laughing at him.
• around: Young actors who thought that to play an older person you had to hobble around bent double and holding your back didn't help!

Preposition: from

• start: Without a healthy financial base and its own fund-raising powers a Yorkshire and Humberside Assembly will be hobbled from the start.