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ro seg ut

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

begynne med noe som en ikke makter;
gå over streken
to take on something one cannot handle;
to go too far
see:Se: roto row · to backpedal, to talk one's way out of something Eng. phraseto get out of one's depth
  • snart hadde han rodd seg for langt ut i diskusjonen til å kunne snu he had soon gone too far out in the discussion to be able to turn back
  • de har rodd seg ut i noen håpløse forhandlinger they have got themselves into some hopeless negotiations