casser
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verbinformal
to break
to break upwith somebody
to get lost, go away, skidaddle, leave, see se casser
Used in the library
- Le boss ne voulait pas, comme de raison; quand les hommes se mettent à prendre des congés de dix à quinze jours en plein milieu de l'hiver, autant vaudrait casser le chantier de suite.The boss didn't want to, as a reason; when the men started taking ten to fifteen days off in the middle of the winter, it would be as good as breaking the yard in a row.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- — Ma chaise s’est cassée en entrant à Lillers.- My chair broke when I entered Lillers.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Jeanne sentit son coeur vibrer comme la corde d'un luth prête à casser.Jeanne felt her heart vibrating like the rope of a lute ready to break.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- [Note 94: «Ce moys icy il y eut changement de conseil, monsr. le gouverneur en ayant de son authorité cassé ceux qui y estaient, et institué 10 autres 4 à 4 pour chaque quatre moys de l'année, ensuite les syndics ont été cassés et plusieurs autres choses nouvelles établies.»[Note 94: "This moys icy there was a change of counsel, monsr. the governor by having of his authority broken those who were there, and instituted 10 other 4 to 4 for each four moys of the year, then the trustees were broken and several other new things established."C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
Other ways to say it
Idioms built on the body
- se casser la têteto rack your brainsLiterally to break your own head. Often used in the negative: don't bother.
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