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se tirer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  • vamoose verb To leave quickly, especially to escape or avoid trouble.
  • walk verb To move on foot at a normal pace, always keeping at least one foot on the ground.

Senses

se tirer is used for these senses in English:

  • bail out (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
  • dash (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
  • split (transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
  • vamoose (ambitransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.
  • walk (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.

dash — full definition

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

split — full definition

  1. verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  2. verb Informal: to leave a place.
  3. noun A division or separation, especially in an organization or relationship.
  4. noun A gymnastic move where the legs extend flat in opposite directions.
  5. noun A crack or fissure in a solid object.

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