pudse på

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Danish

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Verb

pudse på

  1. (transitive) to sic on; to direct someone (person or animal) to attack, confront or otherwise pursue
    • 2009, Lone Mikkelsen, Slægten 13: Det store kup, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      »Han eller hans folk pudser vagterne på mig og sender mig i fængsel, hvis jeg nægter at adlyde ham.«
      "He or his people are going to sic the guards on me and send me to prison, if I refuse to obey him."
    • 2016, Leif Panduro, Høfeber, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Kan De så komme ud, eller jeg pudser min hund på Dem!
      Get out, or I'll sic my dog on you!
    • 2017, Erling Kristensen, Stodderkongen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Hvorfor havde de paa den anden Side saa dælens travlt med at pudse Politiet paa Fattigfolk?
      Why were they, on the other side, so damn busy in siccing the police on poor people?
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