faire place

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ plas/

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Verb

faire place

1. (transitive with à) to give way; to make way
   • 1830, Stendhal, Le Rouge et le Noir, Livre de Poche, published 1997, page 76:

     La froideur vertueuse qu’elle avait voulu donner à son accueil fit place à l’expression d’intérêt [...].

     The virtuous indifference which she had wanted to give to her welcome gave way to an expression of interest [...].

Related terms

• faire place nette