tillen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to lift, to raise
  2. (informal, intransitive, transitive) to scam, to con

Frequency

C1
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch tillen, of uncertain origin, possibly a borrowing from Old Frisian, and ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *þolēn (“to endure, bear”).

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