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    What it means

    Literally “to take someone to questioning.” Means to interrogate, to grill someone with questions — to subject them to a thorough and persistent line of questioning.

    Vocabulary

    • brać — to take
    • spytki — questioning / interrogation (colloquial plural)

    Grammar note

    'Na spytki' uses the accusative plural after 'na.' Takes a direct object: 'brać kogoś na spytki' (to grill someone).

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