put a boot to the throat

Turkish translation: çanına ot tıkamak / tekerine çomak sokmak

13:36 Jan 6, 2010
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English term or phrase: put a boot to the throat
Turning to the courts serves only to put a boot to the throat of legitimate dissent. (??nu t??)
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Turkish translation:çanına ot tıkamak / tekerine çomak sokmak
Explanation:
Haklı muhalefetin çanına ot tıkar / tekerine çomak sokar.
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Ali Bayraktar
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5çanına ot tıkamak / tekerine çomak sokmak
Ali Bayraktar
5gırtlağına basmak...
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3sırtını yere getirmek
özlem akay


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çanına ot tıkamak / tekerine çomak sokmak


Explanation:
Haklı muhalefetin çanına ot tıkar / tekerine çomak sokar.

Ali Bayraktar
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gırtlağına basmak...


Explanation:
put the boot on/over the throat: Final action in martial arts that helps you to push the oppenent to surrender or to kill the enemy.

gırtlağına basmak, gırtlağını sıkmak, ümüğünü sıkmak, soluğunu kesmek, osuruğunu düğümlemek (argo)...



Nahit Karataşlı
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sırtını yere getirmek


Explanation:
sık boğaz etmek diyecektim ancak son hamleyle üstün gelmek,zorla yaptırmak,tuş etmek gibi bir mana yüklediğim için bunu öneriyorum.

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