2006-11-18 00:01:04 · 13 answers · asked by Benoît 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means to leave without saying goodbye, or to take advantage of an invitation (a party, a meal etc) and then dash off the minute the goodies are over. Imagine inviting someone to a fancy restaurant and they eat a hearty meal and then the minute they finish their dessert it's "Oh is that the time, I've got to run" before the check comes...no conversation, no nothing.
The Spanish call this "taking English leave" and I think in French they say something similar.
2006-11-18 00:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To Take A French Leave
2016-12-17 03:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to go off without applying for former permission. As you have a French name, I can say that in French they have the impudence to call it "filer à l’anglaise", which has the same meaning, only they are blaming the English!
2006-11-18 07:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means to leave the premises without formally saying good bye. Without anybody knowing that one left.
2006-11-18 00:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It`s an old army term meaning to go AWOL, comes from the first world war when the french troops ran away from the fighting
2006-11-18 01:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jacqueline M 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2016-06-03 20:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a leave with out permission plus no spesific dates of return.
2006-11-18 00:08:48 · answer #7 · answered by Obino 10-10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running away, Bottleing it , chickhening out, Genraly showing any kind of cowardice,and legging it(somthing the french are famous for),
2006-11-18 00:20:18 · answer #8 · answered by manicmalcolm 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
to leave the area without saying by .to take off ambigiously
2006-11-18 00:27:02 · answer #9 · answered by only_g_i_love 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Going AWOL, or absent without leave.
2006-11-18 00:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋