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décrocher — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.

Senses

décrocher is used for these senses in English:

  • chalk up (transitive) To achieve something.
  • eke out (transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.
  • pick up (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
  • pick up (transitive, ) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
  • pick up the phone To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
  • stall (transitive, aviation) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
  • take down To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.

stall — full definition

  1. noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
  2. noun A compartment for one animal in a stable or barn.
  3. verb To stop making progress, often unintentionally; to come to a standstill.
  4. verb To use delaying tactics to put something off.
  5. noun The loss of lift in an aircraft when its angle of attack becomes too steep for the airspeed.

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