au débotté
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o de.bɔ.te/
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Adverb
- (archaic) as soon as one arrives, as soon as one gets home
- off the cuff, without preparation
- Synonyms: sans préparation, de manière improvisée
- unexpectedly, without warning
- prendre quelqu’un au débotté, prendre quelqu’un par surprise ― to take someone by surprise
See also
Further reading
- “débotté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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