remettre en train
Meaning: To restart or reactivate something that has stopped or slowed down.
Language: French
Literally: to put back in train
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Origin uncertain; the phrase pictures something getting back on its proper track or trajectory, as if a train returning to its rails.
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