undercut

vendre moins cher

Proposer des produits ou un travail à un prix inférieur à celui d’un concurrent.

En anglais simple : To charge less for goods or work than someone competing with you.

• The supermarket undercut local shops.
• They undercut our prices by ten percent.
• Small firms cannot always undercut their larger competitors.

Comment l'utiliser : undercut someone by an amount (They undercut us by five pounds.)

Synonymes : undersell

Expressions courantes : undercut someone, undercut prices, undercut the competition

saper, creuser sous

Retirer de la matière sous quelque chose pour que sa partie supérieure dépasse.

En anglais simple : To remove material from underneath something so its upper part sticks out.

• The river undercut the bank.
• Waves have undercut the cliff.
• The sculptor undercut the stone to create a projecting edge.

Expressions courantes : undercut something, undercut a bank, undercut the cliff

entaille inférieure

Entaille faite sous quelque chose, ou matière retirée par cette entaille.

En anglais simple : A cut made underneath something, or the material removed by that cut.

• He made an undercut in the trunk.
• The undercut left the upper edge sticking out.
• She cleared away the material from the undercut.

Expressions courantes : make an undercut, deep undercut, undercut in something

filet de bœuf

Morceau tendre de bœuf situé sous le dos de l’animal.

En anglais simple : A tender piece of beef from below the back of a cow.

• The butcher sold us an undercut.
• She roasted the undercut for dinner.
• This undercut is a tender piece of beef.

Synonymes : fillet, tenderloin

Expressions courantes : beef undercut, roast undercut, undercut steak