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aussteigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
  • decamp verb To break camp and move on.
  • defect noun A flaw, fault, or imperfection in something.
  • error noun A mistake, especially one made unintentionally.
  • exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
  • fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  • kick off verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.

Senses

aussteigen is used for these senses in English:

  • alight Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
  • back out (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
  • 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).
  • decamp (perhaps, _, nonstandard) To debark, to disembark.
  • defect (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
  • drop out To opt out of conventional society.
  • error (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
  • exit (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

alight — full definition

  1. verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
  2. verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
  3. adj On fire, or lit up with light.

decamp — full definition

  1. verb To break camp and move on.
  2. verb To disappear suddenly and secretly.
  3. verb To debark, to disembark.

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