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déraper

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Definition: to skid, slip, soar

Sa voiture a dérapé à cause de la glace - His car skidded on the ice.

Le prix de l'essence dérape en Europe ! - The price of gas is soaring in Europe!

Related: le dérapage - skid, unexpected increase (in a price)

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