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abstellen

Pronunciation: /ˈapʃtɛlən/

“abstellen” is a German word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to place, to leave
  2. to put away
  3. to park, to leave
  4. to put away from; to place to oneside
  5. to detach, to assign
  6. to release (a player)
  7. to turn off, to switch off
  8. to put a stop to (bad behaviour, a reocurring issue)
  9. to focus on, to take into account

Etymology

From Middle High German abestellen. Equivalent to ab- + stellen.

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