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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

  1. verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
  2. verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
  3. noun A period of being immersed in liquid.

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