In den Vorwärtsgang eindampfen

English translation: Punch in forward gear

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German term or phrase:In den Vorwärtsgang eindampfen
English translation:Punch in forward gear
Entered by: Marc Svetov

00:51 Jul 27, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Ships, mooring
German term or phrase: In den Vorwärtsgang eindampfen
From the customer: "Eindampfen heisst, dass man einen eher kräftigen Schub gibt, um zum Beispiel ein Boot abzubremsen."
Marc Svetov
United States
Local time: 21:14
Punch in forward gear
Explanation:
Informally, I would call this "punching it", that is, hitting the throttle hard for a short time in order to check momentum.
Could also use "burst."
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Darin Fitzpatrick
United States
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3Punch in forward gear
Darin Fitzpatrick
3 -1cut back on the forward gear
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cut back on the forward gear


Explanation:
maybe

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or: throttle

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back

David Hollywood
Local time: 23:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

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disagree  Darin Fitzpatrick: From the explanation, this is a hard push, not a throttling back situation.
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Punch in forward gear


Explanation:
Informally, I would call this "punching it", that is, hitting the throttle hard for a short time in order to check momentum.
Could also use "burst."

Darin Fitzpatrick
United States
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