fare rotta

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to do route”. Compare French faire route.

Verb

fàre rotta (first-person singular present fàccio rotta, first-person singular past historic féci rotta, past participle fàtto rotta, first-person singular imperfect facévo rotta, second-person singular imperative fài rotta or fà' rotta, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive) to make one's way, to head [with per or verso ‘to/toward somewhere’]

   Synonyms: andare, avviarsi; see also Thesaurus:dirigersi

   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Avrebbero catturato o ucciso bin Laden e sarebbero quindi ritornati indietro con gli elicotteri... prima di far rotta per la base di Jalalabad.

     They would apprehend or kill bin Laden and fly back out... before returning to the base in Jalalabad.

     (literally, “They would have captured or killed bin Laden and they would then have returned back with the helicopters... before making their way to the Jalalabad base.”)

Anagrams

• rarefatto, traforate