ráncba szed

Hungarian

Etymology

From ránc (“wrinkle; pleat”) +‎ -ba (“into”, case suffix) +‎ szed (“to gather, collect”), literally “to gather into pleat”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraːnd͡zbɒsɛd]

Verb

ráncba szed

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to bring to heel someone (to cause to act in a disciplined manner)

   Synonyms: fegyelmez, megfegyelmez

Conjugation

• For the verb, see szed.
• The inflected noun ráncba remains unchanged.