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  What it means

  Literally “to go into denial.” Means to stubbornly deny something, to flatly refuse to admit the truth even when faced with evidence — “to stonewall,” “to dig one’s heels in.”

  Vocabulary

  • zaparte — denial, stonewalling (from 'zaprzeć się')

  Grammar note

  'W zaparte' is a fixed adverbial phrase from 'zaprzeć się' (to deny, to dig in).

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