få bukt med
Swedish
editEtymology
editDisputed. Possibly a wrestling metaphor from "get into a bend," as in getting someone's body to bend (bukta).
Verb
editfå bukt med (present får bukt med, preterite fick bukt med, supine fått bukt med, imperative få bukt med)
- (idiomatic) to get on top of and deal with (resolve, especially of a difficult problem)
- De lyckades få bukt med den växande ungdomsbrottsligheten
- They managed to stop the rise in youth crime
- Han fick bukt med sitt spelberoende
- He overcame his gambling addiction