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Swedish
Etymology
From styra (“operate, steer”) + upp (“up”).
Pronunciation
Verb
styra upp (present styr upp, preterite styrde upp, supine styrt upp, imperative styr upp)
- (transitive, colloquial) to take care of something which has been in a bad state; to bring to order
2007, “”Skolan behöver bättre ledarskap” [”The school needs better leadership”]”, in Aftonbladet:Något som däremot är orimligt, är uppfattningen om att det ingår i lärares uppdrag att styra upp den svenska skolan.- Something which is unreasonable on the other hand, is the idea that it is part of the teachers’ tasks to bring order to the Swedish school.
- (transitive, colloquial) to organize an event, to throw (e.g. a party)
2014, “’Han var en helt enorm person’ [’He was a tremendous person’]”, in Norrköpings Tidningar:Det slutade med att Ingesson styrde upp en träningsmatch för Sleipner mot Elfsborgs U 21-lag under kvällen.- It ended up with Ingesson putting together a friendly game for Sleipner against Elfsborg’s under-21 team in the evening.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
styra (weak)
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