durchziehen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pervade verb To spread through every part of something, so that its presence is felt everywhere.
- soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
- suffuse verb To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
Senses
durchziehen is used for these senses in English:
- carry through (transitive, idiomatic) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
- pervade (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
- pull off (transitive, idiomatic) To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).
- run through (transitive, idiomatic) To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.
- stick it out (informal) To persist or continue to the end.
- suffuse (transitive, figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
- suffusion (countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.
- swipe (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
soak — full definition
- verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
- verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
- noun A period of being immersed in liquid.