сматывать

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Etymology

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смота́ть (smotátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

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Verb

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сма́тывать (smátyvatʹimpf (perfective смота́ть)

  1. to wind completely, to wind up (a spool of rope, a fishing line, etc.)
  2. to unwind
  3. (low colloquial) (idiomatic)
    сма́тывать у́дочкиsmátyvatʹ údočkito leave, to scram, to skedaddle, to vamoose

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