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To fabricate (a factual-sounding claim) from no factual basis or evidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive, vulgar
Examples
- Don says his community is 95% Caucasian, but I think he pulled that figure out of his ass.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
uit sy duim suig
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Czech:
vycucat z prstu
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Dutch:
uit de duim zuigen
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Finnish:
vetää hatustaan
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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French:
sucer de son pouce
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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German:
sich aus den Fingern saugen
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Polish:
wyciągać z dupy
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Polish:
wyciągnąć z dupy
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Russian:
выса́сывать из па́льца
(vysásyvatʹ iz pálʹca)
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Russian:
вы́сосать из па́льца
(výsosatʹ iz pálʹca)
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Russian:
брать с потолка́
(bratʹ s potolká)
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Russian:
взять с потолка́
(vzjatʹ s potolká)
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Spanish:
sacar del culo
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Turkish:
götten sallamak
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
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Turkish:
götten atmak
— fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence
