faire place

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁ plas/
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Verb

faire place

  1. (transitive with à) to give way; to make way
    • 1830, Stendhal, Le Rouge et le Noir, Livre de Poche, published 1997, page 76:
      La froideur vertueuse qu’elle avait voulu donner à son accueil fit place à l’expression d’intérêt [...].
      The virtuous indifference which she had wanted to give to her welcome gave way to an expression of interest [...].
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