remettre

remettre [ʀəmɛtʀ(ə)] vt [+ vêtement];

remettre qch → to put sth back on, put sth on again (= replacer);

remettre qch quelque part → to put sth back somewhere (= ajouter);

remettre du sel/un sucre → to add more salt/another lump of sugar (= rétablir) [+ personne];

remettre qn → to set sb back on his (ou her) feet (= rendre, restituer);

remettre qch à qn → to give sth back to sb, return sth to sb (= donner, confier) [+ paquet, argent];

remettre qch à qn → to hand sth over to sb, deliver sth to sb [+ prix, décoration];

remettre qch à qn → to present sb with sth (= ajourner);

remettre qch (à) → to postpone sth ou put sth off (until);

se remettre vi → to get better, recover;

se remettre de → to recover from, get over;

s'en remettre à → to leave it (up) to;

se remettre à faire/qch → to start doing/sth again;

remettre une pendule à l'heure → to put a clock right;

remettre un moteur/une machine en marche → to get an engine/a machine going again;

remettre en état/en ordre → to repair/sort out;

remettre en cause/question → to challenge/question again;

remettre sa démission → to hand in one's notice;

remettre qch à neuf → to make sth as good as new;

remettre qn à sa place (fig) → to put sb in his (ou her) place