käydä kimppuun — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assail verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.
- 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 strong, fast movement 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
- verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.
- verb To win an argument against someone or something, defeating their case.
assault — full definition
- noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
- noun In law, an act that makes someone fear immediate physical harm, even without actual contact.
- verb To attack someone violently, physically or verbally.
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