durchkommen — meaning in English

English meaning

• make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
• thread noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.

Senses

durchkommen is used for these senses in English:

• get away with (idiom) To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.
• make out (now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]
• thread (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

make out — full definition

1. verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
2. verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
3. verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
4. verb To write out a check, form or document, especially by filling in a name.

thread — full definition

1. noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.
2. noun A connected series of ideas, or a related sequence of messages in an online conversation.
3. noun A raised spiral ridge on a screw or bolt that lets it be turned into place.
4. verb To pass thread through the eye of a needle, or to guide something carefully through a narrow space.

Related German words