ADVANCED LEVEL

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vertagen (v.i./t.)
   adjourn; defer, postpone, table (delay), prorogue (parl.)
sich vertagen (v.r.)
   to be adjourned, adjourn
Principal parts: vertagen - vertagte - vertagt

Vehement kritisieren Länderchefs die geplanten Steuersenkungen, nun gibt Angela Merkel dem Druck nach: Die Kanzlerin will eine Kommission einsetzen - und die Diskussion so vertagen.
The Länder [state] governors are vehemently criticizing the planned tax reductions; now Angela Merkel is giving into pressure: the chancellor wants to set up a commission – and thus defer the discussion.

Related:
die Vertagung adjournment; postponement

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