Idiom

Idiom
iemand er met de haren bijslepen
Meaning
iemand tot iets (ertoe) dwingen
Dialect
Groesbeeks
ID
1018

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 66

Mostly acceptable

iemand someone er there met with de the.PL haren hairs bijslepen by_drag

to force someone to do something (Lit.: to drag someone to it by the hair)

Structure

Animacy of the open position
Animate + Inanimate
Direct object type
Indefinite
General structure
V DO PP PP
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No
Open position
DO + PP

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences

Acceptability varies by speaker
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Acceptability varies by speaker