Just when the bank was about to foreclose on her home, she came into a lot of money.
Source: tatoeba (874550)
Foreclose
//fɔːˈkləʊz//
Synonyms for "foreclose" (43 found)
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22 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- взимам обратно verb (to repossess)
- изключвам verb (to prevent from doing something)
- не давам възможност verb (to prevent from doing something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 終止回贖權 /终止回赎权 verb (to repossess)
Danish
1 entries- tvangsauktionere verb (to repossess)
Finnish
4 entries- ehkäistä verb (to prevent from doing something)
- estää verb (to prevent from doing something)
- lunastaa verb (to repossess)
- sulkea verb (to cut off)
French
1 entries- saisir verb (to repossess)
German
2 entries- verhindern verb (to prevent from doing something)
- zwangsvollstrecken verb (to repossess)
Māori
1 entries- taumanu verb (to repossess)
Polish
4 entries- przejmować niespłaconą własność verb (to repossess)
- przejąć niespłaconą własność verb (to repossess)
- wykluczać verb (to cut off)
- wykluczać verb (to prevent from doing something)
Spanish
3 entries- embargar verb (to repossess)
- evitar verb (to prevent from doing something)
- impedir verb (to prevent from doing something)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
If they give her three or four months to find a job and get back on her feet, maybe they won’t have to foreclose on her house.
Source: tatoeba (12115814)
They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
Source: wiktionary
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.