German-English translation for "hineinschlittern"

"hineinschlittern" English translation

hineinschlittern
intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i <trennbar | separabletrennb; -ge-; sein>

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to slide into... he didn’t know how he had gotten mixed up in it all...
examples
  • in (Akkusativ | accusative (case)akk) etwas hineinschlittern figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    to slide intoetwas | something sth
    in (Akkusativ | accusative (case)akk) etwas hineinschlittern figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
  • in einen Krieg hineinschlittern
    to slide (oder | orod drift) into a war
    in einen Krieg hineinschlittern
  • er wusste nicht, wie er in alles hineingeschlittert war
    he didn’t know how he had got(ten) mixed up in it all
    er wusste nicht, wie er in alles hineingeschlittert war

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