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  • 81 задать стрекача

    • ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ <ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ> СТРЕКАЧА < СТРЕЧКА> highly coll. usu. humor
    [VP; subj: human or animal; more often pfv]
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    ⇒ to run away quickly (usu. in order to escape danger, pursuit etc):
    - X дал стрекача≈ X took to his heels (out of some place);
    - [in limited contexts] X gave s.o. the slip.
         ♦ Александр Иванович не стал мешкать, бросил прощальный взгляд на потрескавшийся фундамент электростанции... и задал стрекача (Ильф и Петров 2). Alexander Ivanovich lost no time, cast a farewell glance at the crumbling foundation of the electric power station...and took to his heels (2b).
    ♦ To, что жеребенок наклонился к гусыне, страшно не понравилось одному гусаку. Гусак, вытянув шею, как змея, ринулся на жеребёнка. Бедняга от неожиданности так перепугался, что вспрыгнул на месте на всех четырёх ногах, а потом развернулся и дал стрекача к матери (Искандер 3). There was one gander who was greatly displeased that the colt bent down to the goose. Stretching its neck like a snake, the gander charged at the colt. The poor thing took such a fright that he leapt up with all four feet off the ground, and then turned and bolted for his mother (За).
         ♦ Видно, пока головорез Теймыр возился с этой полонянкой... девушки успели далеко уйти или вообще дали стрекача (Искандер 5). While the cutthroat Temyr fussed around with this first captive...the girls had evidently walked way ahead or given him the slip completely (5a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > задать стрекача

  • 82 задать стречка

    • ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ <ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ> СТРЕКАЧА < СТРЕЧКА> highly coll. usu. humor
    [VP; subj: human or animal; more often pfv]
    =====
    ⇒ to run away quickly (usu. in order to escape danger, pursuit etc):
    - X дал стрекача≈ X took to his heels (out of some place);
    - [in limited contexts] X gave s.o. the slip.
         ♦ Александр Иванович не стал мешкать, бросил прощальный взгляд на потрескавшийся фундамент электростанции... и задал стрекача (Ильф и Петров 2). Alexander Ivanovich lost no time, cast a farewell glance at the crumbling foundation of the electric power station...and took to his heels (2b).
    ♦ To, что жеребенок наклонился к гусыне, страшно не понравилось одному гусаку. Гусак, вытянув шею, как змея, ринулся на жеребёнка. Бедняга от неожиданности так перепугался, что вспрыгнул на месте на всех четырёх ногах, а потом развернулся и дал стрекача к матери (Искандер 3). There was one gander who was greatly displeased that the colt bent down to the goose. Stretching its neck like a snake, the gander charged at the colt. The poor thing took such a fright that he leapt up with all four feet off the ground, and then turned and bolted for his mother (За).
         ♦ Видно, пока головорез Теймыр возился с этой полонянкой... девушки успели далеко уйти или вообще дали стрекача (Искандер 5). While the cutthroat Temyr fussed around with this first captive...the girls had evidently walked way ahead or given him the slip completely (5a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > задать стречка

  • 83 kimbia

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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [English Word] run
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kusafiri kwa miguu kwa haraka
    [Swahili Example] nili kimbia kufika darasani kwa sababu nilichelewa
    [English Example] I ran to class because I was late
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia mbio
    [English Word] run quickly
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] kukimbia kwa kupeana
    [English Word] relay race
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 15
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kimbia
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [English Word] run away
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] watalii wata kimbia watakapomwona simba
    [English Example] the tourists will run away when they see the lion
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [English Word] flee
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [English Word] escape
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia mbio
    [English Word] beat a hasty retreat
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] -kimbia mbio
    [English Word] take to one's heels
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    Swahili-english dictionary > kimbia

  • 84 verdünnisieren

    v/refl umg. do a vanishing trick, Am. auch take a powder
    * * *
    ver|dün|ni|sie|ren [fɛɐdʏni'ziːrən] ptp verdünnisiert to beat a hasty retreat
    * * *
    ver·dün·ni·sie·ren *
    [fɛɐ̯dʏniˈzi:rən]
    ▪ sich akk \verdünnisieren to make oneself scarce fam
    * * *
    verdünnisieren v/r umg do a vanishing trick, US auch take a powder

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verdünnisieren

  • 85 salir corriendo

    v.
    to run out, to beat a hasty retreat, to charge off, to burst out.
    * * *
    (v.) = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels
    Ex. The book ' Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
    Ex. She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex. Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
    Ex. One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
    Ex. No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.
    Ex. The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
    Ex. But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.
    Ex. When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.
    * * *
    (v.) = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels

    Ex: The book ' Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.

    Ex: She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.
    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex: Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
    Ex: One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
    Ex: No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.
    Ex: The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly
    .
    Ex: But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.
    Ex: When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.

    Spanish-English dictionary > salir corriendo

  • 86 utéci

    Czech-English dictionary > utéci

  • 87 a se retrage în fugă

    to beat a hasty retreat
    to cut and run.

    Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a se retrage în fugă

  • 88 eilig

    ei·lig [ʼailɪç] adj
    1) (schnell, rasch) hurried;
    nur nicht so \eilig! don't be in such a hurry [or rush] !
    2) ( dringend) urgent;
    in \eiligen Geschäften on urgent business;
    es [mit etw] \eilig haben to be in a hurry [or rush] [with sth];
    jd hat nichts E\eiligeres zu tun, als... ( iron) sb has nothing better to do than... ( iron)
    adv quickly;
    sehr \eilig verschwinden to beat a hasty retreat

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > eilig

  • 89 zrejter|ować

    pf vi 1. książk., żart. (uciec) to beat a (hasty) retreat; to head for the hills żart. ⇒ rejterować 2. przest. [wojsko, oddział, żołnierze] to flee ⇒ rejterować

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zrejter|ować

  • 90 поспешно

    нареч.
    in a hurry, hurriedly, hastily

    поспе́шно возвраща́ться — hurry back

    поспе́шно уезжа́ть — leave in a hurry

    поспе́шно уходи́ть — hurry away

    поспе́шно отступа́ть — beat a hasty retreat

    поспе́шно войти́ (в вн.) — come hurriedly / hurrying (in, into), hurry (in, into)

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > поспешно

  • 91 de terugtocht blazen

    de terugtocht blazen

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > de terugtocht blazen

  • 92 schleunigst das Feld räumen

    to beat a (hasty) retreat fig.

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > schleunigst das Feld räumen

  • 93 sich (schnellstens) aus dem Staub machen

    to beat a (hasty) retreat fig.

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > sich (schnellstens) aus dem Staub machen

  • 94 pabuçsuz

    1. (someone) who´s not wearing shoes, barefoot. 2. without one´s shoes on. - kaçmak to take to one´s heels, beat a hasty retreat.

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > pabuçsuz

  • 95 rejtera|da

    f przest., żart. flight
    - ratowali się haniebną rejteradą they beat a hasty and shameful retreat

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > rejtera|da

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  • beat a hasty retreat — beat a (hasty) retreat ► to decide not to continue with something that has become too difficult or not worth doing: »Most of the market beat a hasty retreat, investors being unimpressed by a volatile performance on Wall Street. beat a retreat… …   Financial and business terms

  • beat a hasty retreat — beat a (hasty) retreat to quickly leave. When the cold grows overwhelming, visitors can beat a retreat to Joe Mulligan s warm bar and restaurant. Etymology: based on the military meaning of beat a retreat (= to drum a signal to soldiers that they …   New idioms dictionary

  • beat a (hasty) retreat — withdraw. → beat …   English new terms dictionary

  • beat a hasty retreat —    Someone who beats a (hasty) retreat runs away or goes back hurriedly to avoid a dangerous or difficult situation.     The thief beat a hasty retreat as soon as he saw the security officer …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • beat a hasty retreat — run away from, leave quickly    When the boys heard the siren they beat a hasty retreat …   English idioms

  • beat a (hasty) retreat — beat a (hasty) reˈtreat idiom to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid sth unpleasant Main entry: ↑beatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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  • beat a hasty retreat — v. leave rapidly, withdraw quickly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • beat a retreat — beat a (hasty) retreat ► to decide not to continue with something that has become too difficult or not worth doing: »Most of the market beat a hasty retreat, investors being unimpressed by a volatile performance on Wall Street. beat a retreat… …   Financial and business terms

  • beat — UK US /biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to do better than someone or something: »Yesterday s close beat the record set Feb. 1. »With their lowest price guarantee, they will beat the price of a competitor s product by 10%. beat… …   Financial and business terms

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