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zurückklappen

English translation: pivot back, swing back, fold back


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German term or phrase:zurückklappen
English translation:pivot back, swing back, fold back
Entered by: jccantrell
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German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Mechanical
German term or phrase: zurückklappen
Die Teelskopabdeckung der Schrauben zurückklappen
umatad
India
Local time: 19:40
pivot back, swing back, fold back
Explanation:
Depends on your context. You might also just use 'open'
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 06:10
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2pivot back, swing back, fold back
jccantrell
2retract
Bernd Runge


  

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Zurückklappen
pivot back, swing back, fold back


Explanation:
Depends on your context. You might also just use 'open'

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 06:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  WolfText
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agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Zurückklappen
retract


Explanation:
I don't think that zurückklappen and Teleskopabdeckung are a good collocation, but retract is used very often in conjunction with telescopic covers.
Just a guess, so I kept my confidence level low.

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 15:10
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