Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

ziehen lassen

English translation:

pull ahead

Added to glossary by Jon Fedler
Apr 1, 2011 08:28
13 yrs ago
German term

ziehen lassen

German to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Bike racing
Mit meinem (Bergfahrrad) bin ich super zurecht gekommen," erklärte die xxx. ,Gegen yyy, die bereits ihr drittes Rennen bestritt, war kein Kraut gewachsen. Die Norwegerin * zzz musste sie nach der Hälfte der Distanz ziehen lassen*.

Does ts mean xxx had to allow zzz to pull ahead of her ?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 pull ahead
Change log

Apr 1, 2011 08:37: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "ziehen lassen (full sentence below)" to "ziehen lassen"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Sarah Swift, Colin Rowe

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Proposed translations

+6
39 mins
Selected

pull ahead

Your suggestion is right on the mark.
Peer comment(s):

agree Derek Gill Franßen
1 min
agree Sandra Lutz-Brown
13 mins
agree Aleksandar Ristić
20 mins
agree Colin Rowe : "Yes" and "no". Pull ahead yes, but it is zzz who had to let yyy (gegen die "kein Kraut gewachsen war") pull ahead. It is not zzz pulling ahead and xxx is only a red herring at this point.
1 hr
agree Horst Huber (X) : Had to let her pull ahead halfway into the race? Would "pull away" be more expressive?
15 hrs
agree Nicola Wood
23 hrs
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