tenir la route
/tə.niʁ la ʁut/
verb
B2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- tient la route
- past
- a tenu la route
- perfect
- tenu la route
Meaning
Similar words
"tenir la route" means "to hold up, to make sense"; "n'avoir ni queue ni tête" means "to make no sense at all" — opposite meanings, useful to learn as a pair.
Practice
1 What does tenir la route mean?
to hold up, make sense
2 Fill the gap: Son argument ne tient pas la ___.
Full sentence: Son argument ne tient pas la route. (His argument doesn't hold up.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches tenir la route?
tenir la route: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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