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• nurin• nukka• nujertaa• iskeä• jäljempänä• tyhjentää• heittää• alhaalla• allapäin• alaspäin• alaspäin suunnattu• alas• untuvapeite• untuva• pudottaa maahan• haiven• hahtuva• haituva• partahaivenet• kumoon• kumpuileva kangasmaa• kumossa• pitkin• pois pääkaupungista• kokoon* * *I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) alas, alhaalla2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) maassa, maahan3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) alaspäin5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) eteläänpäin2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) suoranainen- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) untuva- downie®- downy -
2 stump
• tukki• jalat• juurakko• tynkä• pätkä• kanto• talloa• tarpoa• köpittää* * *1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) kanto2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) tynkä3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) veräjän hila2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) tömistellä2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) hämmentää•- stumpy- stump up -
3 stubble
• parransänki• sänki* * *1) (the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.) sänki2) (short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.) sänki•- stubbly
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cut the ground from under someone feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… … New idioms dictionary
cut the ground from under someone's feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… … New idioms dictionary
cut the ground from under feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… … New idioms dictionary
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cut the ground from under — phrasal : to deprive of foundation or basis : destroy claims or appearances of the validity of : destroy the effectiveness or cogency of a fact that cuts the ground from under his argument … Useful english dictionary
cut the ground from under someone's feet — When someone cuts the ground from under another s feet, they … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cut the ground from under — take away a foundation, remove a basis … English contemporary dictionary
