heittää veivinsä

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Finnish

Etymology

heittää (to throw away) + veivinsä (one's crank), possibly from the times before starter motors when the cars had to be started with cranks.

Verb

heittää veivinsä

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to bite the dust (to die)

Conjugation

See conjugation table for heittää. Veivi requires the appropriate possessive suffix.

Synonyms