 | French  | English | |
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 | écarter qc. [idée, solution] | 3 to discard sth. [idea, solution] | |
| écarter [can.] [s'égarer] | to get lost | |
| écarter qc. | to brush sth. aside [e.g. difficulty, idea] | |
| écarter qc. [can.] [perdre] | to mislay sth. | |
| écarter qc. [danger, soupçon] | to dispel sth. | |
| écarter qc. [doigts] | to spread sth. | |
| écarter qc. [éloigner] | to move sth. aside | |
| écarter qc. [éloigner] | to move sth. away | |
| écarter qc. [idée, solution] | to reject sth. | |
| écarter qc. [idée, solution] | to scrap sth. [idea, solution] | |
| écarter qc. [jambes, doigts] | to splay sth. [legs, fingers] | |
| écarter qc. [jambes, genoux] | to open sth. [legs, knees] | |
| écarter qc. [lèvres] | to part sth. | |
| écarter qc. [objets] | to move sth. further apart | |
| écarter qc. [obstacle] | to remove sth. | |
| écarter qc. [plan] | to deep-six sth. [plan] [Am.] [coll.] | |
| écarter qc. [possibilité] | to preclude sth. | |
| écarter qc. [possibilité] | to rule sth. out | |
| écarter qc. [refuser - idée] | to dismiss sth. | |
| écarter qc. [refuser - idée] | to set sth. aside [dismiss] | |
| écarter qc. [risque] | to eliminate sth. | |
| écarter qn. | to push sb. aside | |
| écarter qn. | to keep sb. at bay | |
| écarter qn. | to keep sb. at arm's length | |
| écarter qn. [en le poussant] | to shove sb. out of the way | |
| écarter qn./qc. | to separate sb./sth. | |
| écarter qn./qc. [éloigner] | to pull sb./sth. aside | |
| écarter qn./qc. [éloigner] | to pull sb./sth. away | |
| s'écarter | to deviate | |
| s'écarter | to part [crowd, clouds etc.] | |
| s'écarter | to move aside | |
| s'écarter | to move away | |
| s'écarter | to step aside | |
| s'écarter | to move out of the way | |
| s'écarter [volets] | to open [shutters] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| écarter qc./qn. de qc. | to move sth./sb. away from sth. | |
| écarter qn. de qc. | to keep sb. away from sth. | |
| écarter qn. de qc. [groupe] | to exclude sb. from sth. | |
| s'écarter de qc. | to move out of the way of sth. | |
| s'écarter de qc. [chemin, but, sujet] | to deviate from sth. | |
| s'écarter de qc. [chemin] | to stray from sth. | |
| s'écarter de qc. [sujet] | to digress from sth. | |
| s'écarter de qc. [vérité] | to diverge from sth. | |
| s'écarter discrètement | to withdraw discreetly | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| écarter le danger | to ward off the danger | |
| écarter les jambes | to spread one's legs | |
| meub. écarter les rideaux | to open the curtains | |
| écarter qn. d'un geste | to brush sb. off | |
| pol. écarter qn. du pouvoir [aspirant] | to cut sb. off from the road to power | |
| pol. écarter qn. du pouvoir [homme d'État] | to maneuver sb. out of power [Am.] | |
| pol. écarter qn. du pouvoir [homme d'État] | to manoeuvre sb. out of power [Br.] | |
| s'écarter du sujet | to get off the subject | |
| s'écarter du sujet | to get off the track | |
| s'écarter du sujet | to wander off the subject | |
| s'écarter du sujet | to go off on a tangent | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| écarter qn. avec les bras | to stiff-arm sb. | |
| écarter qn. de son devoir [fig.] | to distract sb. from his duty | |
| s'écarter de la norme | to deviate from the norm | |
| constr. s'écarter de la verticale [mur] | to be out of plumb | |
| s'écarter de son devoir | to fail in one's duty | |
| s'écarter du droit chemin [loc.] | to stray from the straight and narrow [idiom] | |
| s'écarter l'un de l'autre [chemins] | to diverge [roads] | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| écarter les obstacles de sa route [aussi fig.] | to remove the obstacles from one's path [also fig.] | |
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