vorbeischrammen

German

Etymology

vorbei- +‎ schrammen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foːɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯ˌʃʁamən/
  • Hyphenation: vor‧bei‧schram‧men

Verb

vorbeischrammen (weak, third-person singular present schrammt vorbei, past tense schrammte vorbei, past participle vorbeigeschrammt, auxiliary sein) (intransitive, colloquial)

  1. to narrowly miss out on something
  2. to narrowly avoid, to come within a whisker of something
  3. to graze (scratching or scraping on passing)

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