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Swedish
Etymology
From vind (“wind”) + för (“for”) + våg (“wave”), a corruption of "för vind och våg" (for wind and wave), in reference to a drifting vessel.
Adverb
vind för våg (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) without supervision
släppa ungarna vind för våg på en farlig industrianläggning- letting the kids run around freely on a dangerous industrial site ("releasing the kids wind for wave on a dangerous industrial site")
De hade lämnat hunden vind för våg- They had left the dog to fend for itself
- (idiomatic) without a plan, aimlessly
leva vind för våg- lead a planless life ("live wind for wave")
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