ipin ucunu kaçırmak

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of ip (“rope”) +‎ -in (genitive suffix) +‎ uç (“tip, end”) +‎ -u (possessive suffix) +‎ -nu (accusative suffix) +‎ kaçırmak (“to let escape”), literally “to let the end of the rope escape”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.pin u.d͡ʒu.nu ka.t͡ʃɯɾˈmak/

Verb

ipin ucunu kaçırmak

  1. (idiomatic) to lose control of a situation, to lose one's grip on things
  2. (idiomatic) to go too far
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.