zu Wort kommen

German

Verb

zu Wort kommen

  1. to get a chance to speak
    • 1916, Hermann Harry Schmitz, Buch der Katastrophen, Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 93:
      Ein plötzlich ausbrechendes Stimmengewirr, ein wütendes Gekeif ließ ihn nicht zu Wort kommen.
      A suddenly erupting babble of voices, a furious scolding did not let him get a chance to speak.
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