dra ihop sig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
dra (“pull”) + ihop (“together”) + sig (“oneself”)
Verb edit
dra ihop sig (present drar ihop sig, preterite drog ihop sig, supine dragit ihop sig, imperative dra ihop sig)
- to contract, to constrict
- Pupillerna drog ihop sig
- His pupils contracted
- (impersonal) to be closing in, to be drawing near (to be getting close, of some event, sometimes implied)
- Det börjar drar ihop sig till final
- The finals are closing in (It's getting close to the finals)
- Det börjar dra ihop sig. Vi måste skynda oss!
- It's getting close (to some implied event) / The clock is ticking. We need to hurry!