aanslaan

Dutch

Etymology

aan +‎ slaan

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Verb

aanslaan

  1. (transitive) to strike physically so as to activate or produce an effect
  2. (intransitive) to start, to kick in
  3. (intransitive) to succeed, to have an effect
  4. (intransitive) to catch on, to become popular
    Constant leest daar een vertaling van zijn manifest voor, dat echter helemaal niet aanslaat bij het publiek.
    Constant reads aloud a translation of his manifest there, which however did not catch on with the audience.

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Last modified on 7 March 2013, at 13:58