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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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