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wylewać dziecko z kąpielą

//vɘˈlɛ.vat͡ɕ ˈd͡ʑɛt͡s.kɔ s‿kɔmˈpjɛ.lɔw̃//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to throw the baby out with the bathwater (to discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted)

Etymology

Literally, “to throw [the] baby out with [the] bathwater”.

Forms

  • wylać dziecko z kąpieląperfective

Full conjugation of wylewać dziecko z kąpielą

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