Idiom

Idiom
Moeten kort keeren/houden
Meaning
kort gehouden worden, in een strenge regeltucht gehouden worden
Dialect
Brugs
ID
3622

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 187

Mostly acceptable

Moeten must kort short keeren/houden turn/hold

to be held in strict disciplinary control OR to have to go home OR to change one's mind (Lit.: to have to take a short turn, to have to keep short)

Structure

General structure
V A/Adv
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Modality
Deontic
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences

Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
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Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable