mettre les bouchées doubles

/mɛtʁ le bu.ʃe dubl/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
met les bouchées doubles
past
a mis les bouchées doubles
perfect
mis les bouchées doubles

Meaning

  1. to speed up, to work twice as hard

    • Ils mettent les bouchées doubles avant la date limite.

      They're working twice as hard before the deadline.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Practice

1 What does mettre les bouchées doubles mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils mettent les ___ doubles avant la date limite.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mettre les bouchées doubles?

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