Fersengeld geben
to take to one's heels
Türkçe: tabanları yağlamak
In a sentence
Als der Wachmann kam, gab der Dieb sofort Fersengeld.
How it is used
Means 'to take to one's heels' – fleeing quickly. Neutral register. Use when describing someone escaping a boring party or a dangerous situation. Common mistake: learners use it literally for walking away; it implies sudden, rapid flight.
Other collocations built on geben
- Alarm gebento raise the alarm
- in Arbeit gebento assign or hand over a task to someone
- die / eine Antwort gebento give an answer
- eine Anweisung erteilen / gebento issue an instruction
- Anlass geben zu+Dat.to give cause/reason for
- eine Anregung gebento give a suggestion/idea
- den Ausschlag geben bei+Dat.to be the deciding factor
- den / einen Auftrag erteilen / gebento issue or give an order/contract
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