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ausgreifen (v.i.)  to lengthen its stride (horse); stride out; expand, go far afield (speaker); (v.t.) feel up (vulg. slang)
ausgreifend (adj)  striding; far-reaching, overhanging

Es erging die Empfehlung an Jahn, die ausgreifende Kante am Kemperplatz zurückzunehmen und die Bauflucht der Bellevuestraße zu respektieren.
Jahn was requested to pull back the overhanging building edge at Kemperplatz in deference to the Bellevuestraße property line.

Related: das Ausgreifen expansion, spreading out

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