få bukt med

Swedish

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly a wrestling metaphor from "get into a bend," as in getting someone's body to bend (bukta).

Verb

få bukt med (present får bukt med, preterite fick bukt med, supine fått bukt med, imperative få bukt med)

1. (idiomatic) to get on top of and deal with (resolve, especially of a difficult problem)

   De lyckades få bukt med den växande ungdomsbrottsligheten

   They managed to stop the rise in youth crime

   Han fick bukt med sitt spelberoende

   He overcame his gambling addiction

References

• bukt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)