Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to stand someone up

Arabic translation:

يُخلف موعد حضوره

Added to glossary by Dalia Nour
Nov 18, 2022 11:35
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English term

to stand someone up

English to Arabic Other Education / Pedagogy
to stand someone up (literal: to give someone a rabbit)

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Dalia Nour (asker) Nov 18, 2022:
Ex:
I can't believe it, she stood you up?!

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يُخلف موعد حضوره

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Note added at 7 mins (2022-11-18 11:43:21 GMT)
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stand someone up
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Note added at 8 mins (2022-11-18 11:44:22 GMT)
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to fail to keep a date with (a boyfriend or girlfriend)
Example: We were to have dinner yesterday evening, but he stood me up.
Peer comment(s):

agree Zeinab Hamid
34 mins
يوم مبارك
agree Maram Aljedi : to fail to keep a date with
9 hrs
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8 mins

يخذل أحداً ما

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Example sentence:

To give a promise and not stick to it.

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1 day 20 hrs

لم يحضر/ تحضر في الموعد (خاصة المواعيد الغرامية)

- To fail to meet someone
- To fail to keep an appointment, or a date, leaving the person standing and waiting at the appointed place; to break a date without giving advance notice.
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5 days

تخلَّف عن الموعد

to fail to meet someone when you said you would.
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