climb

climb
[klaɪm] n
1) (ascent) Aufstieg m; (climbing) Klettertour f;
\climb up/down the mountain Aufstieg m /Abstieg m;
\climb to power (fig) Aufstieg m zur Macht
2) aviat Steigflug m;
rate of \climb Steiggeschwindigkeit f
3) (increase) Anstieg m (in +gen) vt
1) (ascend, go up)
to \climb [up] <-> sth auf etw akk [hinauf]steigen;
to \climb [up] a hill auf einen Hügel [hinauf]steigen;
to \climb [up] a ladder eine Leiter hinaufklettern;
to \climb [up] the stairs die Treppe hochgehen;
to \climb [up] a tree auf einen Baum [hoch]klettern
2) (get to the top)
to \climb a hill einen Hügel ersteigen;
to \climb a steep path einen steilen Pfad erklimmen
PHRASES:
to \climb the walls die Wände hochgehen (fig) (fam) vi
1) (ascend) [auf]steigen (a. fig)
to \climb to a height of ... aviat auf eine Höhe von ... steigen;
to \climb up road, path sich akk hochschlängeln; plant hochklettern
2) (increase rapidly) [an]steigen; costs, prices also klettern (fig)
3) (get into)
to \climb into sth a car, sleeping bag in etw akk hineinklettern;
he \climbed into his suit er stieg in seinen Anzug
4) (get out)
to \climb out of sth aus etw dat herausklettern
PHRASES:
to \climb on the bandwagon (fam) auf den fahrenden Zug aufspringen;
the higher you \climb the harder you fall wer hoch steigt, fällt tief (prov)

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