"stämma i bäcken" meaning in Swedish

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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån",
        "3": "",
        "4": "better to stem 􂀿the flow􂁀 in the creek than in the river"
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån (“better to stem [the flow] in the creek than in the river”)",
      "name": "ellipsis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån (“better to stem [the flow] in the creek than in the river”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stämmer i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stämde i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stämt i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäm i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sv",
        "10": "stäm i bäcken",
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        "4": "stämmer i bäcken",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "stämde i bäcken",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "stämt i bäcken",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "stämma i bäcken"
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      "expansion": "stämma i bäcken (present stämmer i bäcken, preterite stämde i bäcken, supine stämt i bäcken, imperative stäm i bäcken)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "name": "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"i bäcken\"",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nip in the bud, a stitch in time saves nine"
      ],
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          "nip in the bud",
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          "a stitch in time saves nine",
          "a stitch in time saves nine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) nip in the bud, a stitch in time saves nine"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kväva i sin linda"
        },
        {
          "word": "mota Olle i grind"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stämma i bäcken"
}

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån",
        "3": "",
        "4": "better to stem 􂀿the flow􂁀 in the creek than in the river"
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån (“better to stem [the flow] in the creek than in the river”)",
      "name": "ellipsis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån (“better to stem [the flow] in the creek than in the river”).",
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    {
      "form": "stämmer i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stämde i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stämt i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäm i bäcken",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "stämde i bäcken",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "stämt i bäcken",
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      "expansion": "stämma i bäcken (present stämmer i bäcken, preterite stämde i bäcken, supine stämt i bäcken, imperative stäm i bäcken)",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Swedish multiword terms",
        "Swedish phrasal verbs",
        "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"i bäcken\"",
        "Swedish verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "nip in the bud, a stitch in time saves nine"
      ],
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        [
          "nip in the bud",
          "nip in the bud"
        ],
        [
          "a stitch in time saves nine",
          "a stitch in time saves nine"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) nip in the bud, a stitch in time saves nine"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kväva i sin linda"
    },
    {
      "word": "mota Olle i grind"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stämma i bäcken"
}