nip in

Translations

w>nip in

vi (Brit inf) → hereinsausen (inf); (= call in) → auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen; I’ve just nipped in for a chat → ich bin nur auf ein Schwätzchen vorbeigekommen (inf); he just nipped into the pub for a drink → er ging auf einen Sprung or nur mal kurz in die Kneipe (inf); to nip in and out of the traffic → sich durch den Verkehr schlängeln

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"Too good to last," Anne told herself with a little sigh, on the September day when a certain nip in the wind and a certain shade of intense blue on the gulf water said that autumn was hard by.

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