wegbefördern
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛk.bəˌfœʁ.dɐn/
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Verb
wegbefördern (weak, third-person singular present befördert weg, past tense beförderte weg, past participle wegbefördert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to move something away or out of the way
- Kurz bevor der Ball die Torlinie überquerte, konnte ihn ein Verteidiger noch wegbefördern.
- Immediately before the ball crossed the goal line, a defender managed to move it away.
- (transitive, informal pun) to promote someone in order to remove them from a particular position
- Da man dem Beamten nichts nachweisen konnte, wurde er wegbefördert und zum Leiter eines andern Dezernats gemacht.
- Since there was no sufficient evidence against the civil servant, he was promoted away and made the director of another department.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Wegbeförderer, Wegbeförderung
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