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