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  What it means

  Literally “to fasten/button up one’s own.” Means to achieve what you set out to do, to get your way, to see something through to the end despite obstacles.

  Vocabulary

  • dopiąć — to fasten, to achieve (perfective)
  • swego — one's own (genitive of 'swój')

  Grammar note

  'Swego' is the genitive of the reflexive possessive pronoun 'swój'. The genitive is required here as the object of 'dopiąć'.

  Intermediate

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