"cogliere la palla al balzo" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: cògliere la palla al balzo [canonical], còlgo la palla al balzo [first-person, present, singular], còlsi la palla al balzo [first-person, historic, past, singular], còlto la palla al balzo [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to catch the ball as it is bouncing”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to catch the ball as it is bouncing}} “to catch the ball as it is bouncing”, {{lit|to catch the ball as it is bouncing}} Literally, “to catch the ball as it is bouncing” Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} cògliere la palla al balzo (first-person singular present còlgo la palla al balzo, first-person singular past historic còlsi la palla al balzo, past participle còlto la palla al balzo, auxiliary avére)
  1. (idiomatic) to take advantage of a situation, which is beneficial but was not planned; to seize and opportunity Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cogliere_la_palla_al_balzo-it-verb-58dKHPiG Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks

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