Découdre (familiar), en ——, to fight either in a duel or with the natural weapons.
Découvrir (popular), la peau de quelqu’un, to make one say things which he would rather have left unsaid; “to pump one;” “to worm” secrets out of one.
Décramponner (familiar), se ——, to get rid of a troublesome person.
Pourquoi ai-je quitté Paris? Pour me décramponner tout à fait de cet imbécile qui, panné, décavé, commençait à me porter la guigne.—Richepin, La Glu.
Décrasser (popular), quelqu’un, to corrupt one, “to put one up to snuff;” (prostitutes’) —— un homme, to clean a man out of his money, and in thieves’ language, to rob a man. See [Grinchir].
Décravater (popular), ses propos, to use language of an objectionable character, or “blue talk.”
Décrocher (popular), to take articles out of pawn, or “out of lug;” (military) to shoot down; (thieves’) to steal handkerchiefs, “to haul stooks;” (popular) —— un enfant, to bring about a miscarriage; (familiar) —— la timballe, to be fortunate, or, as the Americans term it, “to get the cake,” or “to yank the bun.” An allusion to the practice of hanging a silver cup as a prize at the top of a greasy pole.
[Décrochez-moi-ça] (popular), woman’s bonnet; old clothes dealer; shop where secondhand clothes, or “hand-me-downs,” are sold.
Décrotter (popular), un gigot, to leave nothing of a leg of mutton but the bare bone.