ausfallen — meaning in English

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

ausfallen 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

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

kick off — full definition

1. verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
2. verb In football and similar sports, to start play by kicking the ball from the center spot; as a noun, kick-off is the moment play begins.
3. verb To lose your temper or start causing trouble, or of a situation, to erupt into a row or fight.

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