prendre de court
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.dʁə d(ə) kuʁ/
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Verb
- (transitive) to blindside, take somebody unawares, to catch someone napping, to catch somebody off-guard, to bowl a googly to someone
- Synonym: prendre en défaut
- 2020 October 29, “Hospitalisations, morts, réanimation : le second confinement intervient « plus tard » que le premier”, in Le Monde:
- Comme en mars, l’exécutif a été pris de court par la rapidité avec laquelle les indicateurs se sont dégradés en octobre.
- As in March, the executive was caught off guard by how quickly the indicators deteriorated in October.
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