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durchsetzen

enforce

verb DURKH-zet-sen Less Common

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Usage Note

durchsetzen is separable: you setzen a plan durch to push it through against resistance. Reflexively, sich durchsetzen means 'to assert oneself' or 'to win out', as a person or an idea.

Examples

"Sie setzte ihre Idee durch."

Natural Translation

She pushed her idea through.

Literal Translation

She set her idea through.

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