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  What it means

  Literally “to put (someone) on their shoulder blades.” Means to defeat someone completely or to overwhelm them. “To bring someone to their knees.”

  Vocabulary

  • łopatki — shoulder blades

  Grammar note

  Wrestling metaphor.

  Intermediate

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