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mauvais pas
/ ˈməʊvɛ ˈpɑː /
noun
- mountaineering a place that presents a particular difficulty on a climb or walk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mauvais pas1
C19: from French: bad step
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Example Sentences
By all the gods!if he had only known Who held him between life and death upon the Mauvais Pas!
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This, if I may use the metaphor, is the mauvais pas in the ascent of Parnassus: and here Daniel broke down.
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"Follow me," he said, and leaving the stream ascended the path, a veritable mauvais pas.
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This mauvais pas would not, perhaps, trouble younger cragsmen.
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When at last you had them behind you, came le Mauvais Pas, which corresponded to its name.
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