prendre le relais
French
Alternative forms
- prendre le relai (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.dʁə lə ʁ(ə).lɛ/
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Verb
- to take over, to handle it from here, to take it from here, to pick up the slack
- Synonym: prendre la relève
Usage notes
Occasionally written as prendre le relai following the spelling reforms of 1990, though relais remains more common.
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