перетягивать

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Russian

Etymology

перетяг- (peretjag-) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

перетя́гивать (peretjágivatʹimpf (perfective перетяну́ть)

  1. to pull over
    перетя́гивать на свою́ сто́ронуperetjágivatʹ na svojú stóronuto (try to) win over to one's side
  2. to stretch again
  3. to pull in tight, to bind, to gird
  4. (colloquial) to pull, to draw
    перетя́гивать с одного́ места на друго́еperetjágivatʹ s odnovó mesta na drugójeto pull/draw from one place to another
    перетя́гивать ло́дку к берегуperetjágivatʹ lódku k bereguto pull/draw the boat to the shore
  5. (colloquial) to outbalance, to overbalance, to outweigh
    перетя́гивать ча́шу весо́вperetjágivatʹ čášu vesóvto turn/tip the scale

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