bli av
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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bli av (present tense blir av, past tense blei av, supine blitt av, imperative bli av)
- to happen, chiefly of activities planned by humans
- Festen blei aldri av.
- The [planned] party never happened
- Blei det noko av prosjektet ditt?
- Did your project anyhow worked out?
- to go somewhere without another's knowledge; to end up
- Kor blir det heile tida av pengane hans?
- Where does his money disappear all the time?
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Swedish edit
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Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk bli av.
Verb edit
bli av (present blir av, preterite blev av, supine blivit av, imperative bli av)
- (intransitive) to happen, chiefly of activities planned by humans
- Festen blev aldrig av.
- The [planned] party never happened.
- Blir festen av eller inte?
- Is the party going to happen or not?
- to go somewhere without another's knowledge; to end up
- Var blev bollen av?
- Where'd the ball go?
- Var blev de av?
- Where did they go?
- to come of, to become of
- Det kommer aldrig bli något av henne
- Nothing will ever come of her
- (with med) to lose
- Han föll för bedrägeriet och blev av med tiotusentals kronor
- He fell for the scam and lost tens of thousands of SEK