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1 cudgel
I ['kʌdʒl]nome bastone m., randello m.••II ['kʌdʒl]to take up the cudgels for sb. — difendere qcn. a spada tratta
••to cudgel one's brains — colloq. spremersi le meningi (for, to per)
* * *1. noun(a heavy stick or club.) bastone, randello2. verb(to beat with a cudgel.) bastonare* * *cudgel /ˈkʌdʒl/n.clava; mazza; randello● (fig.) to take up the cudgels for sb., difendere q. a spada tratta.(to) cudgel /ˈkʌdʒl/v. t.bastonare; randellare; picchiare con una clava● (fig.) to cudgel one's brains, lambiccarsi il cervello; spremersi le meningi.* * *I ['kʌdʒl]nome bastone m., randello m.••II ['kʌdʒl]to take up the cudgels for sb. — difendere qcn. a spada tratta
••to cudgel one's brains — colloq. spremersi le meningi (for, to per)
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