afkomen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- report verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
Senses
afkomen is used for these senses in English:
- get off (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- report (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
report — full definition
- verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
- verb To formally notify authorities about wrongdoing, an incident, or a concern.
- verb To be accountable to someone in a workplace hierarchy.
- verb To present oneself somewhere at a required time.
- noun A written or spoken account describing something, usually presented to someone else.