Was heißt »zu­rück­ste­cken« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »zu­rück­ste­cken« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • back down

Synonyme

be­schei­den:
humble
modest
ver­zich­ten:
forgo
renounce
resign

Sinnverwandte Wörter

auf­ge­ben:
assign
give (give (homework))
give up
relinquish
ein­schrän­ken:
cut
limit
reduce
restrain
ent­ge­gen­kom­men:
approach s.o
come towards s.o.
make s.o. concessions
oblige s.o
leis­ten:
allow oneself
treat oneself
üben:
do
exercise
practice
train
um­gangs­sprach­lich:
colloquial
colloquially
demotic
nonstandard
Ver­zicht:
abstention
relinquishment
renunciation

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Smoke rising from the chimneys was forced back down by the damp air.

  • Smoke was rising from the chimneys, and the damp air was forcing it back down.

  • I feel like I'm improving, and then I get criticism and my self-confidence comes tumbling back down.

  • I sat back down at my computer and got back to work.

  • Everyone stood for a moment and then sat back down.

  • Layla went back downstairs.

  • They succeeded in reaching the mountain summit, but had an accident when coming back down.

  • Tom won't back down from any fight, no matter who he's up against.

  • Sit back down. We're not leaving yet.

  • Tom rose to go, but Mary asked him to sit back down.

  • Tom went back downstairs.

  • "Come back down to earth," she whispered into his ear.

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zurückstecken. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: zurückstecken. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 10296653, 10296651, 10008619, 8892909, 8599849, 6043871, 3944027, 3663681, 3223128, 2957972, 2545112 & 2508046. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR