stawać dęba
Polish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stawać dęba impf (perfective stanąć dęba)
- (intransitive, idiomatic, of four-legged animals) to rear (to rise up on the hind legs)
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic, of objects) to rear (to assume a near-vertical position)
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic, of people) to strongly oppose something and not do what was expected of one in a given situation
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic, of hair) to stand on end (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of stawać dęba: see stawać.
Further reading edit
- coś staje dęba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ktoś staje dęba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- stawać dęba in Polish dictionaries at PWN