dégager — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
- free adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
- scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
- vamoose verb To leave quickly, especially to escape or avoid trouble.
Senses
dégager is used for these senses in English:
- beat it (idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.
- clear (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- clear (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- clear (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- free (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- give the elbow (transitive, slang, British) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone.
- make out (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. [from 16th c.]
- scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
clear — full definition
- adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
- adj Easy to understand, see, or hear; free of ambiguity.
- verb To remove obstacles or unwanted items so something becomes open or unobstructed.
- verb To officially free someone from suspicion, blame, or an obligation.
free — full definition
- adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- adj Costing nothing; available without payment.
- adj Not currently occupied or in use.
- verb To release someone or something from confinement or restriction.