sabrer

sabrer [sαbʀe]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

   a. (Military) to sabre (Brit), to saber (US) to cut down

• sabrer le champagne to open a bottle of champagne using a big knife or a sabre

   b. [+ texte] (inf) to slash chunks out of (inf) ; [+ passage, phrase] (inf) to cut out ; [+ projet] (inf) to axe

   c. [+ étudiant] (inf) to flunk (inf) ; [+ employé] (inf) to fire (inf)

• se faire sabrer [étudiant] to be flunked (inf) ; [employé] to get fired (inf)

   d. [+ devoir] (inf) to tear to pieces ; [+ livre, pièce] (inf) to pan (inf)

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sɑbʀe

verbe transitif

1) Armée to cut down

2) (colloq) (écourter) to cut chunks out of [article, manuscrit]; (supprimer) to cut out [phrase, paragraphe]; to axe [BrE] [projet]

3) (colloq) (critiquer) to tear [somebody] to pieces [auteur]; to pan (colloq) [livre, film]

4) (colloq) (recaler) to flunk (colloq) [étudiant]; (licencier) to fire, to sack (colloq) GB

5) (rayer) to score [page, dessin] (de with)

6) (colloq) (bâcler) to rush through [travail]

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sɒbʀe vt

1) [ennemi] to cut down

2) (enlever de larges parts de) [texte, article] to slash

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sabrer verb table: aimer vtr

1 Mil to sabre^GB, to cut down;

2 (écourter) to cut chunks out of [article, manuscrit]; (supprimer) to cut out [phrase, paragraphe]; to axe^GB [projet];

3 (critiquer) to tear [sb] to pieces [auteur]; to pan○ [livre, film];

4 ○(recaler) to flunk○ [étudiant]; (licencier) to fire, to sack○ GB;

5 (rayer) liter to score [page, dessin] (de with); la cicatrice qui sabre sa joue the scar which is scored across his cheek;

6 ○(bâcler) to rush through [travail].

[sabre] verbe transitif

1. [texte] to make drastic cuts in

[paragraphe, phrases] to cut, to axe

sabrer tout un passage dans un chapitre to slash ou to hack a whole section out of a chapter

2. (familier) [critiquer - étudiant, copie] to savage, to lay into (inseparable) ; [ - projet] to lay into

3. (familier) [renvoyer - employé] to fire, to sack (UK), to can (US)

se faire sabrer to get the chop ou sack (UK) ou boot

4. [marquer vigoureusement] to slash

la toile avait été sabrée à coups de crayon (figuré) great pencil slashes marked the canvas

5. [bâcler] to botch, to bungle

6. [ouvrir]

sabrer le champagne to break open a bottle of champagne (originally, using a sabre)