• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “to take one’s legs behind one’s belt.” Means to run away very fast, to make a quick escape.

  Vocabulary

  • wziąć — to take
  • nogi — legs (plural)
  • pas — belt / waist

  Grammar note

  'Nogi' is the accusative plural of 'noga' (direct object of 'wziąć'). 'Za pas' uses the accusative after 'za' indicating motion behind something.

  Intermediate

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