lägga rabarber på

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Humorous corruption of embargo with the similar sounding rabarber (“rhubarb”). First attested in the satirical publication Nya Nisse, 1893.[1]

Verb[edit]

lägga rabarber på (present lägger rabarber på, preterite lade, la rabarber på, supine lagt rabarber på, imperative lägg rabarber på)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To appropriate something; to get one's hands on something.
    Jag kommer (att) lägga rabarber på de där kakorna.
    I'm going to take those cookies.
    (literally, “I'm going to place rhubarbs on those cookies.”)

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