French & and English Expressions, by Carlos Mirasierras

monter des mailles

to cast on stitches

monter en courant

to run up

monter en flèche

to soar (literally and figuratively)

monter en grade

to be promoted

monter en lacets

to wind upwards

monter en parallèle

to connect in parallel

monter en pente douce

to rise gently

monter en série

to connect in series

monter en titubant

to stagger up

monter en train

to go up by train

monter en voiture

to drive up; to get into a car

monter le bourrichon à qqun
(informal)

to put ideas in someone's head

se monter le bourrichon
(informal)

to get ideas

monter le coup à qqun (fam)

to take someone for a ride

monter l'escalier

to go up the stairs

monter la gamme

to go up the scale (music)

monter la garde

to go/be on guard

monter le son

to turn the volume up

monter la tête à qqun

to get someone worked up

se monter la tête (pour un rien) to get all worked up (over
nothing)
monter par l'ascenseur

to take the elevator up

monter prévenir quelqu'un

to go up and tell someone

monter qqch en épingle

to blow something all out of
proportion

monter qqun contre qqun

to set someone against someone
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