to string along in German is vertrösten (verb).
(present: ich vertröste, du vertröstest, er/sie/es vertröstet)
(past: vertröstete, hat vertröstet)
- to put off, to string along
- jemanden mit Versprechungen oder Ausreden auf später vertrösten
- jemandem Hoffnung machen, um ihn ruhigzustellen oder hinzuhalten
Example:
- Er vertröstete sie immer wieder.
- Lass dich nicht vertrösten!
- Sie vertrösten die Gläubiger.
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