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1 foncer
v. intrans.1. To 'get one's skates on', to 'get cracking', to hurry up. Il va falloir qu'on fonce pour tout finir ce soir: We'll have to pull our finger out if we want to be finished by tonight.2. To 'bomb along', to 'belt along', to go very fast. Le soir en semaine, on peut drôlement foncer sur l'autoroute: You can certainly pelt down the motorway mid-week in the evenings.3. Foncer dans le brouillard (fig.): To leap headlong into the unknown.4. To 'lash out', to pay. J'en ai vraiment marre de toujours foncer pour lui! I'm sick and tired of always having to fork out for him! -
2 avoiner
v. intrans. (of car): To 'belt along', to go at a fair pace. On a drôlement avoiné sur l'auto-route! We were going flat-out on the motorway!
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