Abhauen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bog noun An area of soft, wet, spongy ground formed from decayed plant matter, especially moss.
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
- skedaddle verb To leave somewhere quickly, especially to avoid trouble.
- skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
- split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
- take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.
- vamoose verb To leave quickly, especially to escape or avoid trouble.
Senses
Abhauen is used for these senses in English:
- bog (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
- bolt (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- do one (UK, colloquial) To go away, to leave; to get lost.
- head off (intransitive) To begin moving away.
- leg it (intransitive, British, slang) To run away, to flee.
- run for the hills (idiomatic) To flee.
- scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
- skedaddle (informal) The act of running away; a scurrying off.
bog — full definition
- noun An area of soft, wet, spongy ground formed from decayed plant matter, especially moss.
- verb To become stuck or unable to make progress, often in the phrase "bog down."
- noun British informal: a toilet.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.