No. 3,946 in Dutch
wegkomen
"To get away" or "to escape."
In a sentence
Ik kon net op tijd wegkomen van het gevaar.
I managed to get away from the danger just in time.
The word 'wegkomen' is used in the sense of escaping or getting away from something dangerous.
Ze probeerde weg te komen met liegen over haar fouten.
She tried to get away with lying about her mistakes.
Here, 'wegkomen' implies avoiding consequences or escaping responsibility for an action.
Hoe kan ik wegkomen uit deze complexe situatie?
How can I get out of this complex situation?
In this sentence, 'wegkomen' reflects the idea of solving or extricating oneself from a difficult circumstance.
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