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lyödä kanveesiin

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Finnish

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Etymology

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lyödä (to hit, strike, knock) kanveesiin (to the canvas)

Verb

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lyödä kanveesiin

  1. (sports) to punch out (in boxing and other combat sports)
  2. (idiomatic) to defeat or cause great detriment; to devastate, incapacitate, or punch out
    • 2020 March 19, Radio Suomi Kokkola[1], Yleisradio Oy:
      Koronavirus löi musiikin- ja kulttuurintekijät kanveesiin
      Musicians and culture artists devastated by the coronavirus

Conjugation

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See lyödä.