päästä omilleen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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päästä (to get) omilleen (on one's own)

Verb

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päästä omilleen

  1. to recoup one's investment, money etc. (to make back, as an investment)
    Hän pääsi hädin tuskin omilleen. Hän myi samalla hinnalla, jolla oli ostanut.
    He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.

Conjugation

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For the verb, see päästä; omilleen receives a possessive suffix:

possessor singular plural
1st person omilleni omillemme
2nd person omillesi omillenne
3rd person omilleen
omillensa