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descendre

French → English

verb//de.sɑ̃dʁ//

(movement) To descend: to move from a higher position to a lower one; go down

Il faut descendre l'escalier avec prudence pour ne pas tomber.

(English) You must go down the stairs carefully so as not to fall.

Le randonneur a mis trois heures pour descendre de la montagne.

(English) The hiker took three hours to descend from the mountain.

verb//de.sɑ̃dʁ//

(slang) To shoot down: to kill someone with a firearm; assassinate

Le gangster a menacé de descendre son rival en plein jour.

(English) The gangster threatened to shoot down his rival in broad daylight.

Dans ce film policier, le héros se fait descendre à la fin.

(English) In this detective movie, the hero gets shot at the end.

Entry ID: fr:en:descendre · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary