ausfällen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- kick off verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
- lunge noun A sudden forward movement, such as an attack with a sword or an attempt to grab something.
- precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
Senses
ausfällen is used for these senses in English:
- break (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- conk out (intransitive, informal) To stop functioning.
- cut out (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- fall out (literally) To come out of something by falling.
- kick off (intransitive, US, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- lunge (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
- precipitate (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- precipitate (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
break — full definition
- verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
- verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
- verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
- noun A short pause or rest from an activity.
kick off — full definition
- verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
- verb In football and similar sports, to start play by kicking the ball from the centre spot; as a noun, kick-off is the moment play begins.
- verb To lose your temper or start causing trouble, or of a situation, to erupt into a row or fight.