reculer
French → English
(physical) To move back: to pull or push an object into a rear position
Reculez un peu votre chaise pour laisser passer les gens.
(English) Move your chair back a little to let people pass.
Il a fallu reculer la muraille de deux mètres pour élargir la rue.
(English) The wall had to be moved back two meters to widen the street.
(postponement) To delay: to push back the date or time of an event
Cet événement imprévu a fort reculé tous ses projets d'avenir.
(English) This unforeseen event has significantly delayed all his future projects.
Il a reculé ses paiements de six mois auprès de la banque.
(English) He pushed back his payments by six months with the bank.
(willpower) To back down: to retreat from an opinion or a challenge
Il aimerait mieux se faire tuer que de reculer devant l'ennemi.
(English) He would rather be killed than back down before the enemy.
Une forte amende suffit à faire reculer les plus intrépides fraudeurs.
(English) A heavy fine is enough to make the boldest fraudsters back down.
Entry ID: fr:en:reculer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary