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189 months ago

anglist47 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

rauf auf die Autobahn

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188 months ago

Zorica Felbab  See my profile wrote:

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189 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See my profile wrote:

Get on the motorway (or: highway)

My comment:

CONTEXT needed!!
For UK or US?
Is it supposed to be a description, promotion, slogan or what??

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189 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See my profile wrote:

...and off we go onto the highway...

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189 months ago

Uta Haubold  See my profile wrote:

let's head for the highway...

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...baby :-)

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189 months ago

Rupert Kindermann  See my profile wrote:

hop onto the highway

My comment:

I like Frederick's suggestions too but I think you are looking for something "slangy".

My references:

(picked this up while living/working in the LA)

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189 months ago

Uta Haubold  See profile wrote:

...20 years ago :-)

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189 months ago

Rupert Kindermann  See my profile wrote:

(Let's) get on the highway!

My comment:

American = interstate (highway) e.g. I 65. Normally we get on or off. Another possibility would be to "take the highway". British would be "get on the motorway" (I suppose!)

My references:

growing up in Indiana

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189 months ago

Uta Haubold  See profile wrote:

Frederick, das zieht Oma die Schuhe aus :-)

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