ạb+kau|fen
vt sep jdm etw abkaufen →
to buy sth from or off (inf) →
sb; (
inf:
= glauben) →
to buy sth (inf);
diese Geschichte kauft uns keiner ab! →
nobody will buy that story (inf) Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sich den Schneid abkaufen lassen [ugs.] | → | to lose one's bottle [Br.] [coll.] |
jdm. den Schneid abkaufen [fig.] | → | to take the fight out of sb. |
jdm. etw. abkaufen | → | to buy sth. off sb. |