retrousser ses manches

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  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tʁu.se se mɑ̃ʃ/
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Verb

retrousser ses manches

  1. (figuratively) to roll up one's sleeves, to pull one's socks up
    • 2013, Les plus belles œuvres de Gustave Courbet, Presses Électroniques de France, →ISBN:
      Et il a beau se retrousser ses manches, se coller le feutre sur l'oreille, déboulonner la colonne, sa facture est d'un classique ! sous ses grands airs fendants. ll est profond, serein, velouté. Il y a de lui des nus dorés, dorés comme une moisson, ...
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