German: abhebenEnglish translation: to lose all sense of reality 
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Marketing - Automotive / Cars & Trucks | | German term or phrase: abheben | I don't understand abheben in this context - nothing seems to fit here.
A description of a particular make of car.
Comes under the sub-heading
Soll Bodenhaftung bewahren
"XXX gilt z.T. als arrogant und droht mit Drang zu Höherem abzuheben." |
| | | to lose all sense of reality | Explanation:
abheben can also mean to let sth. go to your head, the opposite of keeping your feet on the ground.
HTH |
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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
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| to lose all sense of reality
Explanation:
abheben can also mean to let sth. go to your head, the opposite of keeping your feet on the ground.
HTH
| Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
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| to take off
Explanation:
(into the air, off the tarmac)
in this context, however, it signifies sth like "comes across as being arrogant and has notions like the goats in Kerry" (to use an old Irish saying)
| Charon
Germany
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Explanation:
Comes across as arrogant and exhibits signs of delusions of grandeur
… and seems to be getting ideas above its station
my suggestion.
Might there be a wordplay going on between Bodenhaftung and abheben?
| Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
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The translation workplace 
