прижать

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Russian

Etymology

при- (pri-) +‎ жать (žatʹ)

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Verb

прижа́ть (prižátʹpf (imperfective прижима́ть)

  1. to press (to), to clasp (to)
    прижа́ть к груди́
    prižátʹ k grudí
    to clasp/press to one's breast/bosom
    прижа́ть проти́вника к земле́
    prižátʹ protívnika k zemlé
    to keep the enemy's heads down; to pin the enemy down to the ground
    прижа́ть у́ши
    prižátʹ úši
    to lay back its ears
    прижа́ть к стенеprižátʹ k steneto drive into a corner
  2. (colloquial) to press hard, to put in a tight situation
    вида́ть, его́ действи́тельно прижа́ло
    vidátʹ, jevó dejstvítelʹno prižálo
    it seems he found himself in a really tight situation
    е́сли прижмёт
    jésli prižmjót
    if it comes to the push; at a pinch/push ; in a pinch

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