griller un feu - French expression

How do you say ‘to run a red light’ in french? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne’s Audio.

griller un/le feu - to grill a fire? How do you do that? griller un/le feu means 'to run a red light'.

• « Il s'est pris une grosse prune. Il a grillé un feu. Heureusement, il n'y avait personne de l'autre côté. »
• "He got a big ticket. He ran a red light. Fortunately, there was nobody on the other side."

GRILLER is a regular -ER verb. It's conjugated like AIMER is

Conditionnel présent: je n'aurais pas grillé le feu, nous n'aurions pas grillé le feu

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