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To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
鼓起勇气
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Dutch:
een tandje bijzetten
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Finnish:
kääriä hihansa
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Finnish:
ryhdistäytyä
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Italian:
rimboccarsi le maniche
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Italian:
darsi da fare
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Italian:
prodigarsi
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Polish:
zakasywać rękawy
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Polish:
zakasać rękawy
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Portuguese:
pôr a mão na massa
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Portuguese:
pôr as mãos na massa
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Russian:
заката́ть рукава́
(zakatátʹ rukavá)
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Russian:
засучи́ть рукава́
(zasučítʹ rukavá)
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
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Spanish:
ponerse las pilas
— to start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
