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dégonfler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deflate verb To let air or gas out of something.

Senses

dégonfler is used for these senses in English:

  • bottle out (UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
  • deflate (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

deflate — full definition

  1. verb To let air or gas out of something.
  2. verb To make someone feel suddenly less confident or excited.
  3. verb To reduce the amount of money in circulation, lowering prices.

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