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charrier

carry along, wash along

verb shah-ree-EH Rare

Also means

tease, pull someone's leg

Usage Note

Charrier literally describes a river or current carrying material downstream — le fleuve charrie des débris. In informal speech it shifts to mean mocking or taking things too far: tu charries! means 'you're going too far!' or 'you're taking the mickey!' It is very colloquial in this second sense and typical of informal Parisian French.

Examples

"Tu charries un peu, non?"

Natural Translation

You're going a bit far, aren't you?

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