упускать

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Russian

Etymology

у- (u-) +‎ пуска́ть (puskátʹ)

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Verb

упуска́ть (upuskátʹimpf (perfective упусти́ть)

  1. to let go, to let slip
    • 1831, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Замок воеводы Мнишка в Самборе”, in Борис Годунов; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Boris Godunov, New York: Vintage Books, 2023:
      А какова́, скажи́, моя́ Мари́на?
      Я то́лько ей промо́лвил: ну, смотри́!
      Не упуска́й Дими́трия!.. и вот
      Всё ко́нчено, уж он в её́ сетя́х.
      A kaková, skaží, mojá Marína?
      Ja tólʹko jej promólvil: nu, smotrí!
      Ne upuskáj Dimítrija!.. i vot
      Vsjo kónčeno, už on v jejó setjáx.
      And, tell me, what do you make of my Marina?
      I only dropped a word to her: Watch out!
      Don’t let Dimitri slip!…and see,
      It’s all decided. He’s caught in her net.
  2. to miss, to lose
  3. to overlook

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