In the last post about how to talk about locking up your bike in French, we saw the verb barrer.
I was reminded of this verb’s opposite earlier today on the métro, when I spotted a free newspaper sitting on a seat.
The front page reads:
Débarre ta ville
Unlock your city
If you can lock things up with barrer, then you can unlock them with débarrer, like:
débarrer un cadenas
to open a lock
débarrer une porte
to unlock a door
Débarre ta ville is a treasure hunt from the STM.
