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Dutch
Verb
zijn slag slaan
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to take advantage of an opportunity when it presents itself
- De vijanden zullen proberen hun slag te slaan tijdens onze terugtocht. ― The enemies will try to take advantage of the opportunity during our retreat.
- Ik heb mijn slag geslagen tijdens de uitverkoop. ― During the sale, I took advantage of the opportunity.
Conjugation
The pronoun zijn predictably varies by number, age and person; e.g. the third-person singular feminine would be zij slaat haar slag.
Conjugation of
zijn slag slaan: see
slaan.