dépoter

In gardening, to remove a plant from its pot, usually to repot it elsewhere (dépoter une plante avant de la rempoter). Also lives on in the colloquial expression ça dépote, meaning something is going fast, loud, or impressively energetic.

• Il faut dépoter cette plante, elle a besoin de plus d'espace. — This plant needs to be taken out of its pot — it needs more room.
• Le jardinier a dépoté les jeunes plants avec précaution. — The gardener carefully removed the young seedlings from their pots.
• Avec ce nouveau moteur, ça dépote ! — With this new engine, it really moves!

Don't confuse the neutral gardening verb with the colloquial ça dépote — the latter is informal slang for speed/energy and has nothing to do with plants.

• expression Ça dépote — A colloquial French expression meaning something is fast, energetic, or impressively powerful — commonly used about cars, engines, or lively music.