"tiga som muren" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Forms: tiger som muren [present], teg som muren [preterite], tigit som muren [supine], tig som muren [imperative]
Etymology: tiga (“stay silent”) + som (“like”) + muren (“the (free-standing) wall”) Etymology templates: {{af|sv|tiga|som|muren|t1=stay silent|t2=like|t3=the (free-standing) wall}} tiga (“stay silent”) + som (“like”) + muren (“the (free-standing) wall”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|tiger som muren|preterite|teg som muren|supine|tigit som muren|imperative|tig som muren|head=tiga som muren}} tiga som muren (present tiger som muren, preterite teg som muren, supine tigit som muren, imperative tig som muren)
  1. (idiomatic) to keep completely quiet (on some matter) Tags: idiomatic

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "tigit som muren",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
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    {
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        },
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to keep completely quiet (on some matter)"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to keep completely quiet (on some matter)"
      ],
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        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tigit som muren",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tig som muren",
      "tags": [
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        "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish verbs"
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        }
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        "(idiomatic) to keep completely quiet (on some matter)"
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}

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