lyödä kanveesiin

Finnish

Etymology

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

Verb

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, Yleisradio Oy:
      Koronavirus löi musiikin- ja kulttuurintekijät kanveesiin
      Musicians and culture artists devastated by the coronavirus

Conjugation

See lyödä.

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