få bukt med

Swedish

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly a wrestling metaphor from "get into a bend," as in getting someone's body to bend (bukta).

Verb

få bukt med (present får bukt med, preterite fick bukt med, supine fått bukt med, imperative få bukt med)

  1. (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

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