prendre le relais

French

Alternative forms

• prendre le relai (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɑ̃.dʁə lə ʁ(ə).lɛ/

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Verb

prendre le relais

1. to take over, to handle it from here, to take it from here, to pick up the slack

   Synonym: prendre la relève

Usage notes

Occasionally written as prendre le relai following the spelling reforms of 1990, though relais remains more common.