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Italian
Verb
cavàrsi gli occhi (first-person singular present mi càvo gli occhi, first-person singular past historic mi cavài gli occhi, past participle cavàto gli occhi)
- (hyperbolic, idiomatic, transitive) to kill (punish severely)
Se lo rifai ti cavo gli occhi!- If you do it again, I will kill you! (lit. If you do it again, I will blind you!)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to strain one's eyes from analyzing a text or doing precision work
Mi sono cavato gli occhi dopo aver decifrato la grafia farraginosa.- I strained my eyes from deciphering the muddled handwriting.