rotte sig sammen

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Verb

rotte sig sammen

  1. (reflexive) gang up, conspire
    • 2014, Tom Rachman, translated by Erik Barfoed, Storhed og fald, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      Verden gik hende imod, men det var ikke, fordi den rottede sig sammen mod hende.
      The world opposed her, but it was not because it conspired against her.
    • 2018, Mikael Lindholm, Lisbeth Zornig, Eksodus, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      De rottede sig sammen mod ham og alle andre hvide.
      They ganged up on him and all other white people.
    • 2013, Tana French, translated by Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt, Gensyn med Broken Harbour, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      ... de rottede sig sammen mod knægten fra storbyen og jog Richie på porten med deres stokke.
      ... they ganged up on the kid from the city and chased Richie away with their canes.
    • 1792, Peter Frederik Suhm, Aar 1095 til 1147: 5, page 443:
      Geistligheden ginge ham med al Høihed og Ærbødighed i Møde, men Borgerne, og især Gildebrødrene og de mange der boende Tydske, rottede sig sammen, og mødte ham bevæbnede, ...
      The clergy met him with all highness and deference, but the citizens, and in particular the gilde brothers and the many Germans that lived there, joined forces and met him armed, ...