Betekenis van lapse into sth In het Nederlands

• 0 to start speaking or behaving in a less active or acceptable way:

  • No one could think of anything more to say, and the meeting lapsed into silence.

• 1 to gradually get into a worse state or condition:

  • He lapsed into a coma and died four days later.

• 2 to gradually get into a worse state or condition:

  • It seems likely that some of these countries will lapse into economic and political chaos.

  • The finance minister dismissed reports that the economy was lapsing into recession.