подбросить

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Russian

Etymology

под- (pod-) +‎ бро́сить (brósitʹ)

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Verb

подбро́сить (podbrósitʹpf (imperfective подбра́сывать)

  1. to throw upwards
  2. to flip
  3. (automotive, colloquial) to give (someone) a lift (in a vehicle)
    • 1964, Братья Стругацкие, “История первая. Суета вокруг дивана. Глава первая”, in Понедельник начинается в субботу, Детская литература; English translation from Leonid Renen, transl., Monday Begins on Saturday, New York: DAW Books, 1977:
      Тот, что поднимал руку, просунул в машину смуглое горбоносое лицо и спросил, улыбаясь:
      — Вы нас не подбросите до Соловца?
      Tot, što podnimal ruku, prosunul v mašinu smugloje gorbonosoje lico i sprosil, ulybajasʹ:
      — Vy nas ne podbrosite do Solovca?
      The one who had raised his hand stuck his swarthy, hawk-nosed face through the window and asked, grinning, “Could you give us a lift to Solovetz?”

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