franchir
Meanings
Verb
1. to clear, to cross (a line), to pass (an obstacle etc.); to get over (a fence)
2. to cover (a distance)
Examples25
Des milliers de camions franchissent la frontière chaque jour.
Thousands of trucks cross the border every day.
Vous avez franchi la ligne.
You crossed the line.
Tu as franchi la ligne.
You crossed the line.
Ils ont franchi la porte.
They stepped through the doorway.
Ils franchirent une porte.
They stepped through a door.
Il était le premier homme à franchir le Pacifique.
He was the first man to cross the Pacific.