uit het lood slaan in Dutch

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Etymology: From uit het lood (“not straight”), referring originally to a plumb bob which normally hangs straight down unless disturbed. To be hit uit het lood thus means figuratively that one is brought out of one's natural state of balance or equilibrium. Head templates: {{nl-verb|head=uit het lood slaan}} uit het lood slaan Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-see|slaan}}

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  "etymology_text": "From uit het lood (“not straight”), referring originally to a plumb bob which normally hangs straight down unless disturbed. To be hit uit het lood thus means figuratively that one is brought out of one's natural state of balance or equilibrium.",
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        "head": "uit het lood slaan"
      },
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    }
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        "1": "slaan"
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        "to upset or disturb emotionally"
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        "(idiomatic) to upset or disturb emotionally"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "uit het lood slaan"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From uit het lood (“not straight”), referring originally to a plumb bob which normally hangs straight down unless disturbed. To be hit uit het lood thus means figuratively that one is brought out of one's natural state of balance or equilibrium.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "uit het lood slaan"
      },
      "expansion": "uit het lood slaan",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slaan"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch idioms",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to upset or disturb emotionally"
      ],
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          "upset"
        ],
        [
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          "disturb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to upset or disturb emotionally"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uit het lood slaan"
}

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"uit het lood slaan" meaning in Dutch

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