ausschleichen

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German

Etymology

aus- +‎ schleichen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: aus‧schlei‧chen

Verb

ausschleichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schleicht aus, past tense schlich aus, past participle ausgeschlichen, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to sneak off
    • 1820, Lehrreiche Fabeln für die Jugend. EIn nützliches Geschenk für Kinder jeden Alters, Stuttgart: Ebner’sche Kunsthandlung, 41. Der Adler, die Katze, und die wilde Sau, pages 86–87:
      Jedes fürchtete sich vor dem Andern, und die anscheinende Sorgfalt der Katze, die nur des Nachts ausschlich, um sich Futter zu holen, vergrößerte die Besorgnis von beyden.
      Each feared the other, and the subsequent meticulosity of the cat, which only went out at night to get to eat, increased the concerns of both.
  2. (transitive) to taper off
    Antonym: einschleichen
    • 2024 February 9, Elke Oberhofer, “Antipsychotika absetzen: Wann kann man das riskieren?”, in MMW – Fortschritte der Medizin, volume 166, →DOI, pages 16–18:
      Samusch schlug daraufhin vor, das Medikament auch in solchen Fällen langsam auszuschleichen und nicht abrupt wegzulassen.
      Samusch then suggested to taper off the drug slowly instead of going cold turkey on it.

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