vom Weg(e) abkommen

to stray from the path

Türkçe: yoldan sapmak

Noun

Weg m.

Verb

abkommen

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Im dichten Nebel kommen Wanderer leicht vom Weg ab.

How it is used

Means 'to stray from the path'—core is deviation. Neutral. Use literally when hiking off-trail, or figuratively when a politician abandons their principles. Often implies a negative or unintended departure.

Other verbs that go with Weg

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• den Weg bahnento pave the way
• den Weg freimachen / freigebento clear the way
• den Weg versperrento block the way
• jdm. aus dem Weg gehento avoid someone
• etw. aus dem Weg räumen / schaffento clear something out of the way
• etw. zu Wege bringento accomplish something
• jdm. im Weg(e) stehento stand in someone's way
• sich jdm. in den Weg stellento put oneself in someone's way

All collocations with Weg