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  What it means

  Literally “to give one’s backside.” Vulgar slang for failing completely, messing something up badly, or letting someone down. Roughly equivalent to “to screw up” or “to drop the ball.”

  Vocabulary

  • dać — to give
  • dupa — backside (vulgar)

  Grammar note

  'Dupy' is genitive of 'dupa' — partitive/genitive construction after 'dać' in this usage.

  Cultural context

  Very common in informal speech despite being vulgar. Poles use it freely among friends.

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