to rear-end
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4.7
- phrasal verb
- /ˈrɪrˌɛnd/
:
chocar por detrás
- Electra moves to slow down, but at the last second she accelerates, rear-ends the car ahead.
- rear-end collision
In fact, the many of the accidents that have been taking places with self driving cars are just slow speed rear end Fender benders.
- In fact, the many of the accidents that have been taking places with self driving cars are just slow speed rear end Fender benders.
- And the most common accidents with self driving cars are people rear ending them because they were surprised, they weren't expecting the machine, the the car to stop.
Examples
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A drunk driver rear-ended one of our buses last year.
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The minivan has rear-ended a black Lincoln Town Car.
Fiction book (1999) -
So, so yeah, so a train rear-ended another one.
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Oh, uh, woman that owns the tour company rear-ended me...
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Right in the middle of it, we were rear-ended.
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About five years ago, I got rear-ended and pushed into the car in front of me.
Blog text (24) -
- Somebody rear-ended me.
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My wife was rear-ended by a three-time license loser while in a Toyota.
Blog text (33) -
Sancho put his foot on the brake so hard that Eduviges almost rear-ended the truck.
Fiction book (1990) -
A drunk driver rear-ended one of our buses last year.
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Etymology
Rear-end comes from the simple parts rear 'back' and end 'last part', so it literally means the back part of something. That's why to rear-end a car is to crash into the back of another vehicle — you hit its 'rear end'.