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  What it means

  Literally “to stand like an oak.” Means to rear up (like a horse) or, figuratively, to come to a sudden, stubborn halt or to react with shock/opposition. “To bristle,” “to stop dead.”

  Vocabulary

  • dąb — oak

  Grammar note

  Adverbial 'dęba' (historically a genitive of manner).

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