au débotté
Appearance
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (archaic) as soon as one arrives, as soon as one gets home
- off the cuff, without preparation
- Synonyms: sans préparation, de manière improvisée
- unexpectedly, without warning
- prendre quelqu’un au débotté, prendre quelqu’un par surprise ― to take someone by surprise
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “débotté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.