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accrocher

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hook, hook up (attach with a hook)
  2. (transitive) to pick up, become attached to
  3. (transitive) to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill)
  4. (transitive) to get, get hold of, obtain something
  5. (transitive) to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation)
  6. (reflexive) to get hooked, get addicted
  7. (reflexive) to cling onto, hold on to
  8. (reflexive) to collide, bump into one another

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.kʁɔ.ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

From a- + croc + -er. Compare Franco-Provençal acrochiér, Italian accroccare.

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