vaatia päitä vadille

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Finnish

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Verb

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vaatia päitä vadille

  1. (idiomatic) to demand heads roll (demand to find the culprits for something and punish them)

Usage notes

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For a specific person, the singular päätä may be used instead of the plural päitä.

Conjugation

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See vaatia. päitä is in the plural number and in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.