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sortir1

Pronunciation: /sɔʀtiʀ/

English translation of sortir

A. vtr

  • 4sortir qn de = to get sb out of [situation]

B. vi (+ v être)

  • 3sortir de = to leave sortir de chez qn = to leave sb's house sortez d'ici! = get out of here! sortir de son lit = to get out of bed sortir tout chaud du four = to be hot from the oven sortir de chez le médecin = to come out of the doctor's
  • 4sortir d'un rêve = to wake up from a dream sortir de la récession = to pull out of the recession sortir de l'hiver = to reach the end of winter
  • 5sortir à peine de l'enfance = to be just emerging from childhood sortir d'une guerre = to emerge from a war
  • 10sortir de [person, product] = to come from sortir de Berkeley = to have graduated from Berkeley d'où sors-tu à cette heure? (fam) = where have you been?
  • 11sortir du sujet [remark] = to be beside the point cela sort de mes fonctions = that's not within my authority

C. v refl (+ v être)

  • 1se sortir de la pauvreté = to escape from poverty s'en sortir = to get out of it; = to get over it s'en sortir vivant = to escape with one's life