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mettre en panne verbe | break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks]◼◼◼(transitive: to cause to stop functioning) |
mettre en perspective verbe | put something into perspective(to compare with something similar) |
mettre en pièces verbe | tear to pieces◼◼◼(to rip apart) shatter [shattered, shattering, shatters]◼◼◻(to violently break something into pieces) blow to kingdom come(to totally destroy (something), see also: annihilate; wipe out) debunk [debunked, debunking, debunks](to discredit or expose the falsehood of something) |
mettre en place verbe | set up◼◼◼(to ready something for use) |
mettre en place de verbe | substitute [substituted, substituting, substitutes]◼◼◼(to use in place of something else) |
mettre en pratique verbe | put into practice◼◼◼(make something a practical reality) |
mettre en prison verbe | imprison [imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisons]◼◼◼(put in prison) |
mettre en quarantaine verbe | quarantine [quarantined, quarantining, quarantines]◼◼◼(to be placed or remain in quarantine) |
mettre en question verbe | question [questioned, questioning, questions]◼◼◼(raise doubts about) |
mettre en question la question verbe | question the question(to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified) |
mettre en rage verbe | enrage [enraged, enraging, enrages]◼◼◼(to fill with rage) |
mettre en réseau verbe | network◼◼◼(to interconnect a group or system) |
mettre en route verbe | start [started, starting, starts]◼◼◼(to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine) |
mettre en scène verbe | stage [staged, staging, stages]◼◼◼(to demonstrate in a deceptive manner) stage [staged, staging, stages]◼◼◼(to produce on a stage) direct [directed, directing, directs]◼◼◼(to be in charge of the direction of a play) |
mettre en service verbe | commission [commissioned, commissioning, commissions]◼◼◼(put into active service) |
mettre en silencieux verbe | mute [muted, muting, mutes]◼◼◼(turn off the sound of) |
mettre en suspension verbe | suspend [suspended, suspending, suspends]◼◼◼(to create a suspension) |
mettre en tombola verbe | raffle [raffled, raffling, raffles]◼◼◼(to award by means of a raffle) |
mettre en valeur verbe | highlight [highlighted, highlighting, highlights]◼◼◼(to make prominent) |
mettre enceinte verbe | impregnate [impregnated, impregnating, impregnates]◼◼◼(to cause to become pregnant) |
mettre fin verbe | kill [killed, killing, kills]◼◼◼(to render void) cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels]◼◼◻(invalidate, annul) break up◼◼◻(to stop a fight) |
mettre fin à verbe | close [closed, closing, closes]◼◼◼(put an end to) stamp out◼◻◻(to get rid of) time out(to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit) |
mettre fin aux souffrances de verbe | put out of one's misery(informal: to euthanize) |
mettre la barre verbe | set the bar◼◼◼verb |
mettre la barre plus haut verbe | up the ante◼◼◼(raise the stakes) |
mettre la césure verbe | hyphenate [hyphenated, hyphenating, hyphenates](to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules) |
mettre la charrue avant les bœufs verbe | put the cart before the horse◼◼◼(to put things in the wrong order) get ahead of oneself(to focus excessively on prospective future events) |
mettre la clé sous la porte (put the key under the door) verbe | close up shop◼◼◼verb |
mettre la main verbe | bag [bagged, bagging, bags]◼◼◼(to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) dig up(to discover by digging) |