zurückgreifen

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German

Etymology

zurück +‎ greifen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: zu‧rück‧grei‧fen

Verb

zurückgreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift zurück, past tense griff zurück, past participle zurückgegriffen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fall back (on)
  2. to go back (to)
  3. to resort (to)
    ein Mittel, auf das zurückgegriffen werden soll, wenn alles andere versagta means to be resorted to when all else fails
  4. to revert (to)

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