Usage Note
einlochen is the golf-specific term for completing a hole by putting the ball into the cup: er lochte auf Anhieb ein (he holed out in one). Outside golf it can mean to punch a hole in material. The separable prefix ein- conveys 'into the hole'.
Examples
"Sie lochte den letzten Putt souverän ein und gewann das Turnier."
Natural Translation
She confidently holed the final putt and won the tournament.
Literal Translation
She holed-in the last putt confidently and won the tournament.
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