vaatia päitä vadille

Finnish

Verb

vaatia päitä vadille

1. (idiomatic) to demand heads roll (demand to find the culprits for something and punish them)

Usage notes

For a specific person, the singular päätä may be used instead of the plural päitä.

Conjugation

See vaatia. päitä is in the plural number and in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.