pull me undone

English translation: pull me apart

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English term or phrase:pull me undone
Selected answer:pull me apart
Entered by: S.J

16:36 Jan 16, 2021
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Fisheries / pull me undone
English term or phrase: pull me undone
So at the end of the day, if I make a mistake, they will pull me undone.

They are talking about crocodiles.

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 08:01
pull me apart
Explanation:
If they're saying the crocodiles will "pull me undone", this would be my take: they'll rip you to shreds if you make the mistake of falling in among them.
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Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:01
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Thank you.
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3 +3pull me apart
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pull me apart


Explanation:
If they're saying the crocodiles will "pull me undone", this would be my take: they'll rip you to shreds if you make the mistake of falling in among them.

Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Its an odd way to express it, but this must be the meaning.
16 mins

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
49 mins

agree  Cilian O'Tuama: or 'tear' me apart, as alternative (to avoid repeating 'pull')
15 hrs
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