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mettre bas verbe | lamb [lambed, lambing, lambs]◼◼◻(of a sheep, to give birth) kindle [kindled, kindling, kindles](bring forth young) |
mettre dans le même panier verbe | tar with the same brush(to characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly) |
mettre dans le même sac verbe | tar with the same brush◼◼◼(to characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly) |
mettre dans le mille verbe | hit the spot(be particularly pleasing or appropriate) |
mettre de côté verbe | set aside◼◼◼(separate and reserve for a specific purpose) save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◻(to accumulate money) save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◻(to store for future use) stash [stashed, stashing, stashes]◼◻◻(store away for later use) |
mettre de l'eau dans son vin verbe | back off(to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act) |
mettre de l'huile sur le feu verbe | add fuel to the fire◼◼◼(worsen a conflict) |
mettre debout verbe | stand up◼◼◼(bring something up and set it into a standing position) |
mettre dedans verbe | throw off(skew by introducing errors or inaccuracies) |
mettre des bâtons dans les roues verbe | throw a spanner in the works◼◼◼verb |
mettre des gants verbe | walk on eggshells(to handle sensitive matters delicately) |
mettre du baume au cœur verbe | warm the cockles of someone's heart(to provide happiness to someone) |
mettre du pain sur la table verbe | bring home the bacon(to make a living) |
mettre en application verbe | carry out◼◼◼(to fulfill, see also: fulfill) |
mettre en banc verbe | bunch [bunched, bunching, bunches](to gather into a bunch) |
mettre en boîte verbe | box [boxed, boxing, boxes]◼◼◼(to place inside a box) |
mettre en bouteille verbe | bottle [bottled, bottling, bottles]◼◼◼(seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) |
mettre en branle verbe | set in motion◼◼◼(trigger movement or progress) |
mettre en cage verbe | coop up(to confine) |
mettre en colère verbe | anger [angered, angering, angers]◼◼◼(to cause such a feeling of antagonism) set off(To make angry) |
mettre en conserve verbe | tin [tinned, tinning, tins]◼◼◼(to place into a tin in order to preserve) |
mettre en danger verbe | jeopardize [jeopardized, jeopardizing, jeopardizes]◼◼◼(put in jeopardy) |
mettre en doute verbe | question [questioned, questioning, questions]◼◼◼(raise doubts about) |
mettre en doute la question verbe | question the question(to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified) |
mettre en drapeau verbe | feather [feathered, feathering, feathers]◼◼◼(aeronautics: to streamline an aircraft's propeller blades when shut down) |
mettre en échec verbe | stymie [stymied, stymieing, stymies]◼◼◼(to thwart or stump) |
mettre en évidence verbe | get across(to make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling) |
mettre en évidence [Belgium] verbe | factor out◼◼◼((algebra) to isolate a common factor from an expression) |
mettre en gage verbe | pawn [pawned, pawning, pawns]◼◼◼(give as security for loan) pledge [pledged, pledging, pledges]◼◼◻(to deposit something as a security; to pawn) |
mettre en marche verbe | turn on◼◼◼((transitive) to activate an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.) |
mettre en masse verbe | bunch [bunched, bunching, bunches](to gather into a bunch) |
mettre en mouvement verbe | set in motion◼◼◼(trigger movement or progress) |
mettre en orbite verbe | orbit [orbited, orbiting, orbits]◼◼◼(place an object into an orbit) |