décrocher
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Meanings
Verb
1. to unhook, remove from a hook
2. to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation
3. to stall (aeronautics)
4. to pick up, get one's hands on
5. to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.)
6. to drop out of school
7. to abandon an interest or activity; to separate oneself from a person, group, idea, identity, etc.
Examples38
get one's hands on a job.
He dropped out of school at twelve.
I left the (political) party after the chaos of the last election.
John and Mary won first place.
He got the first prize.
He got the first prize.