abblitzen

v/i (trennb., ist -ge-) umg. be sent packing, be told where to go allg.; jemanden abblitzen lassen send s.o. packing; er ist bei ihr abgeblitzt he was given the brush-off, she gave him the brush-off

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to rebuff

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ạb|blit|zen

vi sep aux sein (inf)

to be sent packing (bei by) (inf)

jdn abblitzen lassen — to send sb packing (inf), to give sb a knock-back (Brit inf), to give sb the brush-off (inf)

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ab|blit·zen

vi Hilfsverb: sein (fam)

▪ bei jdm [mit etw dat] \abblitzen to not get anywhere with sb [with sth] fam

mit diesem Vorschlag werden Sie beim Chef \abblitzen you won't get anywhere with the boss with that proposal

jdn \abblitzen lassen to give sb the brush-off fam, to turn sb down

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intransitives Verb; mit sein (ugs.)

sie ließ alle Verehrer abblitzen — she gave all her admirers the brush-off

bei jemandem [mit etwas] abblitzen — fail to get anywhere [with something] with somebody (coll.)

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abblitzen v/i (trennb, ist -ge-) umg be sent packing, be told where to go allg;

jemanden abblitzen lassen send sb packing;

er ist bei ihr abgeblitzt he was given the brush-off, she gave him the brush-off

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intransitives Verb; mit sein (ugs.)

sie ließ alle Verehrer abblitzen — she gave all her admirers the brush-off

bei jemandem [mit etwas] abblitzen — fail to get anywhere [with something] with somebody (coll.)

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v.

to meet with a rebuff expr.

to rebuff v.