ausschlagen

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Verb

ausschlagen (strong, third-person singular simple present schlägt aus, past tense schlug aus, past participle ausgeschlagen, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive) to knock (something) out
2. (transitive) to beat out (a fire)
3. (transitive) to turn down, refuse
   • 1918, Meinrad Lienert, Zürcher Sagen:

     Aber er nahm das für Schwäche, schlug das angebotene Bündnis aus und liess sie hohnlachend und drohend abfahren.

     But he took this for weakness, turned down the offered alliance, and, jeering and threatening, threw them out.

4. (intransitive) to kick (of a horse)
5. (intransitive) to swing (of a pendulum etc.)