lift

/lɪft/ verb

Translation

UP [T] › to put something or someone in a higher position

kaldırmak, havaya kaldırmak

Could you help me lift this table, please? She lifted the baby up and put him in his chair. He lifted his glass to his lips.1602

WEATHER [I] › If fog lifts, it disappears.

kalkmak, kaybolmak, yok olmak, dağılmak

By noon the fog had lifted and the day turned hot.1508

RULES [T] › to stop a rule

(kural) kaldırmak

The government had already lifted the ban on beef imports.684

STEAL [T] informal › to steal or copy something

çalmak veya kopya etmek; yürütmek, aşırmak

Entire paragraphs of his thesis were lifted from other sources. → See also not lift a finger3971333

(Definition of lift verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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