etw. auf die Beine stellen
to organize/get something off the ground
Türkçe: bir şeyi ayağa kaldırmak
In a sentence
Die Organisatorin stellt ein großes Stadtfest auf die Beine.
How it is used
Idiom meaning 'to organize/get something off the ground.' Neutral register. Use when successfully launching an event or project, e.g., 'Sie hat das Festival auf die Beine gestellt.' Implies effort and initiative.
Other verbs that go with Beine
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- auf eigenen Beinen stehento be independent/self-sufficient
- jdm. Beine machento make someone hurry up
Other collocations built on stellen
- (sich) ins Abseits stellento isolate oneself
- etw. in Abrede stellento deny/dispute a claim
- Anforderungen stellen an+Akk.to set requirements or expectations for others
- eine Anfrage stellento formally ask for information or a quote
- Ansprüche stellen an+Akk.to make demands/set requirements on someone/something
- den / einen Antrag stellen auf+Akk.to submit an application/motion for something
- jdm. etw. in Aussicht stellento promise someone something
- eine Bedingung stellento set a condition
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