rotte sig sammen
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[edit]Verb
[edit]- (reflexive) gang up, conspire
- 2014, Tom Rachman, translated by Erik Barfoed, Storhed og fald, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
- Verden gik hende imod, men det var ikke, fordi den rottede sig sammen mod hende.
- The world opposed her, but it was not because it conspired against her.
- 2018, Mikael Lindholm, Lisbeth Zornig, Eksodus, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
- De rottede sig sammen mod ham og alle andre hvide.
- They ganged up on him and all other white people.
- 2013, Tana French, translated by Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt, Gensyn med Broken Harbour, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- ... de rottede sig sammen mod knægten fra storbyen og jog Richie på porten med deres stokke.
- ... they ganged up on the kid from the city and chased Richie away with their canes.
- 1792, Peter Frederik Suhm, Aar 1095 til 1147: 5, page 443:
- Geistligheden ginge ham med al Høihed og Ærbødighed i Møde, men Borgerne, og især Gildebrødrene og de mange der boende Tydske, rottede sig sammen, og mødte ham bevæbnede, ...
- The clergy met him with all highness and deference, but the citizens, and in particular the gilde [sort of like a guild or a clan] brothers and the many Germans that lived there, joined forces and met him armed, ...