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achterblijven — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.

Senses

achterblijven is used for these senses in English:

  • remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • stay behind (idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

remain — full definition

  1. verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  2. verb To be left over after everything else has been used, removed, or dealt with.

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