lähteä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bow out verb To withdraw from a contest, role or commitment, especially gracefully and by your own choice.
- commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
- decamp verb To break camp and move on.
- depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- embark verb To board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle at the start of a journey.
- exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- proceed verb To move forward or continue on, especially after a pause.
- take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.
- walk verb To move on foot at a normal pace, always keeping at least one foot on the ground.
Senses
lähteä is used for these senses in English:
- betake (reflexive, literary) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.]
- bow out (idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility or reputation still intact.
- bug off (informal, intransitive) To go away.
- commit (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- commit (intransitive, obsolete) To enter into a contest; to match; often followed by with.
- decamp (intransitive) To break up camp and move on.
- depart (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- embark (transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.
bow out — full definition
- verb To withdraw from a contest, role or commitment, especially gracefully and by your own choice.
- verb Of a team or competitor, to be eliminated from a competition.
commit — full definition
- verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
- verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.
- verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.