Verb

weg|fischen

to fish out, to poach, to snatch away

Ein Trawler hat alle Fische weggefischt.

A trawler has fished away all the fish.

Die Konkurrenz hat uns den besten Mitarbeiter weggefischt.

The competition poached our best employee.

((sth.)) wegfischen to fish sth. out Er fischt alle Fische weg.

((sb.)) ((sb.)) wegfischen to poach sb. from sb. Sie hat mir den Kunden weggefischt.

Synonyms: to poach, to snatch

From 'weg' (away) and 'fischen' (to fish). Literally 'to fish away'.

Imagine 'fishing' (fischen) something until it is 'away' (weg) or gone. This applies to both fish and, figuratively, people.

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