dérober
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Meanings
Verb
1. to conceal, screen, shield (à from) (transitive)
2. to steal (à from) (transitive)
3. to turn away (one's head, gaze etc.) (transitive, literary)
4. to shirk, shy away (à from) (reflexive)
5. to hide (oneself) (reflexive)
6. to slip away (free oneself) (reflexive)
7. to give way (collapse) (reflexive)
8. to refuse (reflexive, horseriding)
Examples47
I didn't steal it.
The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
Why are you flinching?
Why are you flinching?
No one flinched.
No one flinched.