to rivet
→
to defeat, win
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | niitata | |
| meaning 1 | to rivet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (slang, somewhat rare, e.g. in sports) to beat, conquer, overcome (a competitor, by a large marginal) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | From Swedish |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | nita | |
| meaning 1 | to rivet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial, sports) to defeat, especially with great advantage | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | Second meaning attested since 1958 |
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