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Definition: (informal) - to rush, tear, charge along

J'ai foncé au bahut - I rushed to school

Il faut que je fonce - I've got to get a move on, I've got to fly

Vas-y, fonce ! - Come on, hit it!

(normal register) - to make darker

C'est plus facile de foncer les cheveux que de les éclaircir - It's easier to make your hair darker than lighter

to line a baking dish with (pie) dough

to charge at (with vers or sur) or into (with dans)

Related: foncé (adj) - dark; fonceur/euse (inf adj) - audacious and dynamic; un/e fonceur/euse (inf) - someone who is audacious and dynamic

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