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käydä käsiksi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
  • contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • tackle verb To confront and deal with a difficult problem or task head-on.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.

Senses

käydä käsiksi is used for these senses in English:

  • attack (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
  • attack (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
  • contend (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  • get on with (transitive) To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
  • hand (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
  • rip into (idiomatic, colloquial) To start to eat something.
  • seize (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • tackle To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.

attack — full definition

  1. verb To use violent force against a person or place.
  2. verb To criticize someone or something harshly in words.
  3. verb To begin dealing with a task or problem with energy and determination.
  4. noun A violent or aggressive act intended to harm.
  5. noun A sudden episode of illness or pain.

contend — full definition

  1. verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
  2. verb To argue firmly that something is true.

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