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  What it means

  Literally “to over-bend the stick/baton.” To go too far, to overstep a boundary, or to exaggerate. “To overstep the mark.”

  Vocabulary

  • pała — stick / club / head (slang)

  Grammar note

  Perfective 'przegiąć' + accusative 'pałę'.

  Cultural context

  Colloquial and very common.

  Intermediate

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