leeg laten lopen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
Senses
leeg laten lopen is used for these senses in English:
- drain (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
drain — full definition
- noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
- verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
- noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.