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ausnehmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • except preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
  • exempt adj Not required to do, pay, or follow something that otherwise applies.
  • fleece noun The woolly coat of a sheep, or wool shorn from it in one piece.
  • gut noun The stomach and intestines; someone's digestive system.

Senses

ausnehmen is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception. [from late 16th c.]
  • disembowel (transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
  • except (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
  • except (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
  • fleece (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
  • gut (transitive) To eviscerate.
  • take to the cleaners (originally, US, slang, idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

except — full definition

  1. preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
  2. conjunction Used to introduce an exception or a reason something didn't happen.
  3. verb To leave something out or mark it as an exception (a more formal, less common usage).

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