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  What it means

  “To take it out of someone / to put someone through the wringer.” When something is physically or mentally exhausting and really wears you down.

  Vocabulary

  • dać — to give
  • kość — bone
  • w kość — into the bone — as a fixed phrase: hard, to the core

  Grammar note

  'W kość' uses the accusative of 'kość' after 'w'. The phrase implies something hits you right to the bone.

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