切り抜ける
きりぬける
to get through, to tide over
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Examples
窮地を切り抜けた。
きゅうちをきりぬけた。
I got through the predicament.
何とか危機を切り抜けた。
なんとかききをきりぬけた。
We somehow got through the crisis.
あの場は冗談でうまく切り抜けた。
あのばはじょうだんでうまくきりぬけた。
I got out of that moment neatly with a joke.
Common patterns
- 難局を切り抜ける
- to get through a crisis
- うまく切り抜ける
- to get out of it skilfully
- ピンチを切り抜ける
- to escape a tight spot
Memory tip
抜ける is coming out the other side, so this is escaping from a tight spot, often by quick thinking. Don't confuse it with 切り抜く, which means cutting an article out of a newspaper.
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