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pitää pilkkanaan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flout verb To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.

Senses

pitää pilkkanaan is used for these senses in English:

  • flout (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  • flout (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
  • make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

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