accrocher
Meanings
Verb
1. to hook, hook up (attach with a hook) (transitive)
2. to pick up, become attached to (transitive)
3. to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill) (transitive)
4. to get, get hold of, obtain something (transitive)
5. to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation) (transitive)
6. to get hooked, get addicted (reflexive)
7. to cling onto, hold on to (reflexive)
8. to collide, bump into one another (reflexive)
Examples144
Accrocher une belle maison.
To get a pretty house
S'accrocher à l'amour.
To hold on to love.
Deux voitures se sont accrochées.
Two cars collided.
Accrocher du boulot.
(familiar) To get a job
Accrocher quelque chose au mur.
To hang something on the wall.
Accrocher de la poussière.
To pick up dust.