Danish

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Etymology

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Lit. "on the rope ladder [used to board or leave a ship]". Compare Dutch op de valreep.

Adverb

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falderebet

  1. at the last minute (e.g. before a lecture ends or before someone leaves a company)
    • 2013, Maeve Binchy, Dage på Stone House Hotel, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
      Det var lykkedes hende at sprede lidt tungsind her på falderebet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2011, Henrik Dahl, Spildte kræfter: Hvorfor venstrefløjen i virkeligheden er fortabt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Så docerede Giddens, hvad Den Tredje Vej gik ud på, uden at invitere til spørgsmål. På falderebet nåede han at give det uvurderlige råd, at vi burde læse Manuel Castells' netop afsluttede trebindsværk The Information Age.
      Then, Giddens lectured about the principles of the Third Path, without calling for questions. As a closing remark, he had time to give the inestimable advice that we should read Manuel Castells' recently finished three-volume work The Information Age.
    • 2014, Henrik Lundtofte, Håndlangerne, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      Reholt ordnede Møllers løsladelse, og på falderebet spurgte han, hvordan Møller ville gengælde hjælpen.
      Reholt arranged for Møller's release [from custody], and just before he left, he asked how Møller would repay the assistance.
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