pas

pas
n. m.
1. Emboîter le pas à quelqu'un:
  a (lit.): To follow close behind someone.
  b (fig.): To copy someone in a subservient manner. Une fois lancée la bonne idée, ils se sont tous donné le mot pour lui emboîter le pas: Once it was clear the idea was viable, manufacturers trod a trail of copycat patents.
2. Ça ne se trouve pas sous le pas d'un cheval! (iron.): 'lt doesn't grow on trees, you know!'—It's pretty scarce!
3. Mettre quelqu'un au pas (fig.): To make someone 'toe the line', to force someone to obey an order. Et comment qu'il l'a mis au pas! He certainly told him where he stood, no messing!
4. Sauter le pas: To 'take the plunge', to make a drastic decision.
5. Mauvais pas: 'Scrape', difficult situation. Je l'ai tiré d'un mauvais pas! I got him out of that mess he was in!

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French. 2013.

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