Translation of "battre en brèche" to English

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Dictionary translations for "battre en brèche"

battre en brèche verb

assail [əˈseɪl]

Contexts with "battre en brèche"

Ils n'eurent d'autre choix que de battre en retraite. They had no alternative but to retreat.

Je pense qu'il est temps pour moi de battre en retraite. I think it's time for me to retire.

Elle sentit son cœur battre la chamade. She felt her heart beating fast.

L'extra-terrestre tira avec son pistolet à rayons et ouvrit une brèche dans la coque du vaisseau spatial. The alien shot his ray gun and blasted a hole in the spaceship's hull.

Mon cœur s'est arrêté de battre. My heart stopped beating.

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