käydä kimppuun — meaning in English

English meaning

• assail verb To attack with harsh words or violent force.
• assault noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
• attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• onrush noun A forceful rush or flow forward.

Senses

käydä kimppuun is used for these senses in English:

• assail (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).
• assault (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
• attack (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• attack (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• attack (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• come at To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge(someone) to a fight.
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• onrush To assault aggressively.

assail — full definition

1. verb To attack with harsh words or violent force.
2. verb To overcome or successfully argue against; defeat.

assault — full definition

1. noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
2. noun In law, an act that makes someone fear immediate physical harm, even without actual contact.
3. verb To attack someone violently, physically or verbally.

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